From Thursday to Friday night, a satellite carrying a brand-new instrument from the US Space Agency (NASA) was launched from Florida. The instrument provides live and hourly measurements of air pollution over North America.
This scientific instrument, known as TEMPO, should make it possible to track the spread of pollutants with much greater precision than was previously possible, beginning at the point where they are released and continuing as they are carried by the wind.
This data can be put to use in a number of different ways, such as making it easier to notify residents of poor air quality, figuring out where on the ground new detectors should be installed, assisting research into the health effects of atmospheric pollutants, and tracking wildfire pollution. Global warming is making it more frequent.
The satellites currently utilized by the United States to provide this kind of data orbit the Earth approximately 15 times per day at an altitude of approximately 700 kilometers.
Rhythm, which weighs just shy of 140 kilograms, will be associated with a satellite in geostationary circle, situated at a height of in excess of 35,000 km. As a result, it will orbit the Earth in conjunction with its own internal rotation, allowing it to always hover over North America.
On a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the satellite was launched from Florida's Kennedy Space Center at 0:30 on Friday (4:30 GMT). Jean-Luc Froliger, Vice President of "Intelsat," stated that the satellite would exert itself to reach the scheduled orbital location, anticipating a two-week process.
NASA's fleet of approximately 25 Earth observation missions now includes Tempo, whose mission will likely last longer than two years but will last at least two years.
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