Maxar Technologies is seeking a communications satellite operator to host NASA 's Total Emissions : Monitoring Earth sensor ( 2020 ) . Scheduled for launch in 2022 , TEMPO will offer hourly pollution reports from geostationary satellites , covering areas of 10 sq km and revealing how US air quality fluctuates during the day . TEMPO is also set to form part of a global pollution - monitoring constellation , alongside Geostationary Environment ##s Spectrometer — slated for a 2020 launch — and NASA ’s Sentinel 4 satellite .
Maxar Technologies is seeking a communications satellite operator to host NASA's Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring Pollution sensor (TEMPO). Scheduled for launch in 2022, TEMPO will offer hourly pollution reports from geostationary orbit, covering areas of 10 sq km and revealing how US air quality fluctuates during the day. TEMPO is also set to form part of a global pollution-monitoring constellation, alongside Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer—slated for a 2020 launch—and Europe’s Sentinel 4 spectrometer.