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Methane Monitoring

Workers in high-visibility vests walking across a large landfill site with piles of waste under a hazy sky — An orange valve on a blue pipeline marks the infrastructure where satellite methane detection guides targeted intervention and leak repair.

Satellite Methane Plume Detection to Action

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Sensor
Shortwave infrared spectrometer detects CH₄ columns
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Downlink
Raw spectra relayed to ground station daily
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Processing
Plume attribution algorithms pinpoint emission source
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Operator alert
Facility owner receives leak report within hours

Infrared satellite readings are processed into pinpoint methane alerts, enabling rapid leak response at emission sources.

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Methane Monitoring

6 applications.

Applications

5.2.1 Oil & Gas Methane Plume Detection — Detecting and attributing methane plumes from upstream oil and gas facilities using shortwave-infrared hyperspectral and multispectral satellite imaging.
5.2.2 Landfill Methane Surveillance — Detecting, quantifying and attributing methane emissions from municipal solid-waste landfills using satellite-borne shortwave-infrared spectrometers and thermal imaging.
5.2.3 Agricultural Methane Mapping — Mapping methane emissions from rice paddies, livestock operations and manure management at field scale using shortwave-infrared spectroscopy from a dedicated satellite constellation.
5.2.4 Coal Mine Methane Tracking — Detecting and quantifying methane emissions from active and abandoned coal mines using satellite shortwave-infrared spectroscopy and persistent hyperspectral imaging.
5.2.5 Pipeline Leak Identification — Detecting and localising methane leaks along gas transmission and distribution pipelines using satellite shortwave-infrared spectroscopy and hyperspectral imaging.
5.2.6 Super-Emitter Geolocation — Pinpointing the small fraction of industrial and waste facilities responsible for a disproportionate share of national methane emissions, using hyperspectral satellite imagery at facility-level resolution.