By Rachel Jewett with Via Satellite| January 7, 2020 MethaneSAT has selected Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) to develop and build the spacecraft bus for its first mission, which is scheduled to launch in 2022. The donor-funded mission aims to provide global, high-resolution detection and quantification of methane emissions from oil and gas facilities, as well as measure emissions from […]
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Blue Canyon Technologies to build its largest satellite to date for MethaneSAT
by Caleb Henry for Space News — January 6, 2020 WASHINGTON — MethaneSAT, a subsidiary of the nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund, has selected Blue Canyon Technologies to supply the platform for its donor-funded satellite. MethaneSAT said Jan. 6 it will use X-SAT, Blue Canyon’s largest offered spacecraft bus, to carry a methane-detection payload from Ball Aerospace. The nonprofit […]