Dispatch from the Carbon Mapper Satellite Launch

The best things in life are worth waiting for. And after five years in the making, we have one more thing to add to this list: the launch of Carbon Mapper Coalition’s first (hopefully, of many) methane- and CO2-sensing satellite. The satellite, Tanager-1, built by Planet Labs with state-of-the-art technology from NASA JPL, was made possible by a first-of-its-kind philanthropically funded public-private partnership that RMI is proud to be a member of and High Tide Foundation is pleased to support. It’s part of a new generation of satellites adding valuable climate data from above and helping us scale solutions on the ground. More

(Source: RMI - Sep 7)