What can the new satellites Carbon Mapper plans to launch do that others haven't yet?
Each satellite has different and often complementary capabilities. MethaneSat, which the Environmental Defense Fund just launched in March 2024, is like a wide-angle lens that will produce a very precise and complete picture of methane emissions across large landscapes. Our Carbon Mapper Coalition satellites will complement MethaneSAT by acting like a collection of telephoto lenses – we'll be able to zoom in to pinpoint individual methane emitters, like zooming in on a bird nesting in a tree.