“Obviously, this is a disappointing development,” said Andrew Johnson, a New Zealand space agency official.
“Difficult new”
“As those working in the space sector know, the space is (an environment) intrinsically difficult, and each attempt – successful or not – repels the borders of what we know and what we are capable of.”
The Environment Defense Fund, who framed the project, said that it was a “difficult news”, but that it would not end its efforts to monitor methane, a powerful greenhouse gas.
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Methane monitoring
Methanesat was designed to measure methane emissions that feed climate change by holding heat in the planet’s atmosphere.
“It was one of the most advanced methane monitoring satellites in space, which measured methane emissions in the producing oil and gas producing regions around the world,” said the Methanesat team. The satellite was launched in space in March 2024 at the back of a SpaceX rocket from California.
