MethaneSat Fails After 15 Months In Orbit

Irene Klotz July 01, 2025
MethaneSat
Credit: MethaneSat
A privately funded spacecraft that has been pinpointing sources of methane emissions in oil- and gas-producing regions across the world failed after just more than a year in orbit, the MethaneSat program announced July 1. Ground control teams lost contact with the MethaneSat spacecraft June 20....
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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