MethaneSAT

We're in orbit! 🌌 MethaneSAT has successfully separated from the SpaceX #Falcon9. A new era in tracking global methane pollution has begun. https://lnkd.in/g38hCzzj

📆 #CERAWeek 2025 kicks off in just ten days! Environmental Defense Fund and MethaneSAT experts will be engaged throughout the week on a number of Executive Conference and Agora sessions. 🛰️ We're also convening with leading methane emissions technology and data providers in the new Methane Innovation House. 🔗 We hope to see you there! Check out more details below and here: https://lnkd.in/gKdAAphz

A new study published in 'Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics' is changing how we understand methane pollution. 💡 “Smaller emission sources comprise a significant share of total oil and gas methane emissions. To track changes in overall emissions over time, it's essential to measure and account for the smaller sources,” says Ritesh Gautam, one of the authors. Read more about the findings ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gw6_puQe European Geosciences Union (EGU), James Williams, Mark Omara, Anthony Himmelberger, Daniel Zavala-Araiza, Katlyn MacKay, Joshua Benmergui, Maryann Sargent, Steven Wofsy, Steven Hamburg

Meet Peter Vedder, Senior Director of our Mission Systems and tune in to his lecture at the MIT Alumni Association, where he covers everything you need to know about the satellite, the team, and – most importantly – the science at the core of this mission 💡👇 Peter received his SB degree in Physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1982 and his PhD in Astrophysics in 1988. Peter has worked in industry, academia and at NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and has more than 30 years of senior leadership experience in space systems and flight operations for a range of space science missions. He oversaw development of deep space navigation for the UAE’s Hope Mars mission and systems engineering for a university-led astrophysics CubeSat project. Since 2020, Peter has led the MethaneSAT mission systems and operations development, ensuring operational readiness for launch, and providing overall supervision of all aspects of mission operations. Following our launch in March 2024, he now manages the commissioning and long-term operations of MethaneSAT to meet mission goals and deliver validated data products. https://lnkd.in/ddfse89Y

More women in science = more innovation. 🚀 We need #EveryVoiceInScience to push the boundaries of what's possible for #ClimateAction. On today's #WomenInScience Day, follow some of the amazing scientists at the core of our mission: ➡️Millie Chu Baird, Vice President, Innovation and Science Capacity at Environmental Defense Fund ➡️ Katlyn MacKay, Scientist, MethaneSAT Science ➡️ Maya Nasr, Ph.D., Scientist, MethaneSAT Science ➡️ Alba Lorente, Methane Monitoring Scientist ➡️ Ilse Aben, Senior Scientist in the Earth Science Group at the SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research ➡️ Emma Bishop, Senior Front End Software Engineer, MethaneSAT ➡️ Susan Kasper, Senior Product Manager, MethaneSAT ➡️ Kathleen Casey, Production Operations Manager, MethaneSAT ➡️ Corey D., Data Processing Operator, MethaneSAT ➡️ Beata Bukosa, Atmospheric Greenhouse Gas Modeller, NIWA ➡️ Ju Chulakadabba, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University ➡️ Raia Ottenheimer, Graduate Student, Harvard University ➡️ Zhan Zhang, Postdoctoral Researcher, Harvard University ➡️ Mads O'Brien, Senior Geospatial Analyst, MethaneSAT ➡️ Maryann Sargent, Research Scientist, Harvard University ➡️ Erin Meadows, Data Processing Operator, MethaneSAT ➡️ Katherine C., Flight Dynamics Engineer, Rocket Lab ➡️ Darcey Graham, Photon Mission Design, Rocket Lab ➡️ Landrey Bobo, Spacecraft Operations Engineer, Rocket Lab ➡️ Mahima Seth, Spacecraft Operations Engineer, The University of Auckland ...and many more. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, implemented by UNESCO and UN Women. Tackling some of the greatest challenges of our time, like climate change, will rely on harnessing all talent. Today and every day, let’s remember that we need #EveryVoiceInScience.

“Smaller emission sources comprise a significant share of total oil and gas methane emissions. To track changes in overall emissions over time, it's essential to measure and account for the smaller sources,” says Dr. Ritesh Gautam, Lead Senior Scientist at MethaneSAT. This new study published in 'Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics' is changing how we understand methane pollution. Access the findings 👇 James Williams, Mark Omara, Anthony Himmelberger, Daniel Zavala-Araiza, Katlyn MacKay, Joshua Benmergui, Maryann Sargent, Steven Wofsy, Steven Hamburg, European Geosciences Union (EGU) https://lnkd.in/djDHJTVM

Making the invisible visible is 🔑 for effective #ClimateAction. Tune in to the 'Climate Curious' podcast and meet Environmental Defense Fund Senior Scientist Daniel Zavala Araiza, a driving force behind groundbreaking #methane science. TEDxLondon Maryam Pasha

💡 New research spotlights a critical opportunity for #methane action: study finds small sources add up to a majority of emissions from U.S. oil and gas production across different basins. 🚨 Mitigation of large methane leaks has received much attention ➡ But this study shows that small, dispersed sources must also be addressed to effectively manage emissions. 🔺 Comprehensive tracking of methane through measurement-based frameworks, such as UN Environment Programme’s Oil and Gas Methane Partnership 2.0, is key to addressing these small but collectively substantial emissions. 🔺 Alongside tools like OGMP 2.0, innovation and new monitoring missions like MethaneSAT and Carbon Mapper offer complimentary solutions to multi-scale approaches to track both smaller, diffuse emissions as well as large emitters. 🔺These monitoring elements are advancing efforts to quantify total #MethaneEmissions from various #OilAndGas supply chains, which will provide a basis for buyers to discriminate purchasing or for regulators to levy fees and apply policy. Read the study now: https://lnkd.in/dSy3HFxQ More from MethaneSAT scientists: https://lnkd.in/dYTR7wVG

“When we collect this data, it will be the first time we have empirically measured data for a greenhouse gas for an entire sector. No one’s ever done that before.” MethaneSAT Lead Dr Steven Hamburg spoke to Mongabay India's Kartik Chandramouli. Read more 👇 https://lnkd.in/gXjkPshp

New research finds that small methane emissions add up to a massive problem. 🏭 🔹 Most methane mitigation strategies focus on large leaks. 🔹 But a new study shows that small, dispersed emissions account for 70% of total U.S. oil & gas methane emissions. 🔹 Many of these emissions are undetectable by commonly used monitoring tools. MethaneSAT tackles this blind spot, able to detect both large and small emissions, to help us close the methane data gap. Find out more: ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dYTR7wVG