Intelsat to Operate Air Pollution Monitoring Space Instrument

Intelsat has completed testing of the operational and data collection system for the first space-based instrument to monitor major air …
Intelsat to Operate Air Pollution Monitoring Space Instrument

Intelsat has completed testing of the operational and data collection system for the first space-based instrument to monitor major air pollutants across the North American continent every daylight hour at high resolution. The new UV-visible spectrometer, which Intelsat operates for NASA and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, will launch on the Intelsat 40e (IS-40e) satellite tentatively next month.

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