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Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

Earth science satellite to track methane from space

The world's biggest methane producers could be identified from space after a climate group created a satellite to detect and track greenhouse gas "super emitters".

Non-profit organisation Carbon Mapper planned to launch the satellite, which is smaller than a bar fridge, on a SpaceX rocket in California early on Friday morning.

The satellite will be one of two tracking methane, which is the second most common greenhouse gas in the atmosphere and makes a significant contribution to global warming.

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