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MethaneSAT
Former U.S.-New Zealand spacecraft for monitoring global methane emissions. MethaneSAT was launched on March 4, 2024 aboard a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2024-043DNORAD 59101United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- MethaneSat
- Common name
- MethaneSAT
- International designator
- 2024-043D
- NORAD catalog number
- 59101
- GCAT identifier
- S59101
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1213
Mission
- Mission type
- Earth science
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- MethaneSat
- Owner
- MethaneSAT
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Raytheon Intelligence and Space/Blue Canyon
- Platform (bus)
- Saturn X-Sat
Launch
- Date
- March 4, 2024 · 22:05 UTC
- Launch record
- 2024-043Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC4E
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 588 km
- Apogee
- 600 km
- Inclination
- 97.75°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Jun 20, 2025
- End of operations
- Jun 20, 2025
Size
- Mass
- 362 kg
- Dry mass
- 326 kg
- Length
- 1.0 m
- Diameter
- 0.80 m
- Span
- 6.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q104855167 (CC0).