Earth Sciences New Zealand statement on loss of contact with MethaneSAT satellite.

In a statement issued today, MethaneSAT LLC, owners of the MethaneSAT satellite, advised contact with the satellite was lost on 20 June and attempts to restore communication have been unsuccessful. The statement confirmed that the satellite has now lost power and it is likely unrecoverable.

It is easy to claim that New Zealand is using an “accounting trick” to measure methane emissions, as a group of scientists did last week in an open...