Instrument Launched to Measure World’s Carbon, Methane — VOA Learning English
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An instrument has launched from the United States to measure the world’s carbon and methane levels in an effort to help fight climate change.
The instrument is attached to a satellite called Tanager-1. It was launched August 16 by a public-private partnership called the Carbon Mapper Coalition. The satellite was carried to space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Ground controllers reported they successfully established communications with the satellite shortly after launch.
A statement from NASA said the satellite is equipped with a gas-seeking instrument powered with “imaging spectrometer technology.” A spectrometer is an instrument used to…
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