This NPR report has taken a look at methane, how it affects our environment, and MethaneSAT’s role in controlling its effect.
Read More
Articles by: Io Aerospace
IO Aerospace on CPR News
The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) is set to launch MethaneSAT, a $90 million satellite designed to detect methane emissions globally with unprecedented precision. This technology is a game-changer because it can pinpoint methane hot-spots and identify under-reporting by countries. The EDF‘s satellite project builds upon their earlier efforts to measure […]
Read More
Flying remote sensing missions
As the world becomes more interconnected and reliant on data, there is a growing need to make sense of all the information and knowledge that data offers us. With this, the demand for remote sensing capabilities is growing rapidly. To achieve a project’s goals and allow for mission scaling, those […]
Read More
Pipeline Technology Journal on MethaneSAT
Game Changing Methane Monitoring Technology MethaneSAT, which is a collaborative American-New Zealand space mission, is scheduled for launch in January 2024. Led by the nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund, this Earth observation satellite aims to monitor global methane emissions to combat climate change. In conjunction with MethaneSAT, MethaneAIR is currently tracking […]
Read More
Missioning MethaneAIR
With methane emissions being a significant contributor to climate change, the MethaneAIR mission will test sensor technology and acquire data to address methane gas emissions.
Read More
IO Aerospace to support MethaneSAT in MethaneAIR Mission
Denver, CO: IO Aerospace announced today its collaboration with MethaneSAT, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Environmental Defence Fund (EDF). The collaboration is focused on their special mission, MethaneAIR. The MethaneAIR mission is equipped with state-of-the-art methane measurement technology. This technology will measure and track methane emissions from oil and […]
Read More
EDF Press Release: MethaneAIR Transforms Methane Emissions Monitoring with IO Aerospace
MethaneSAT has launched the MethaneAIR program, deploying advanced technology on a specially equipped jet aircraft to track methane emissions across North America. This complements the upcoming MethaneSAT satellite launch in early 2024, with the aim of helping both industry and regulators reduce methane emissions, a significant contributor to global warming. […]
Read More
New Aircraft Launch: IO Aerospace Special Missions Platform
IO Aerospace launches modified Learjet 35 for high altitude special missions data acquisition and processing.
Read More
New Yorker’s Article on MethaneSAT
MethaneSAT, a nonprofit-funded satellite mission, has a vital goal of pinpointing methane emissions worldwide, a significant contributor to global warming. This mission comes in response to the cancellation of NASA’s GeoCarb project, which was designed to study carbon-based gases, leaving a critical gap in methane detection capabilities. MethaneSAT aims to […]
Read More
Buying crucial time in climate change fight, a Harvard Gazette article
The MethaneSAT satellite project, set to launch in early 2024, aims to precisely detect global methane emissions. This collaboration involves the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), academic scientists, private space industry, and philanthropic funding. MethaneSAT’s goal is to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas facilities by 45 percent by 2025 […]
Read More