Maxar Technologies plans to install a NASA sensor to monitor air pollution over North America on a commercial communications satellite scheduled to travel to geostationary orbit in 2022, NASA and Maxar announced July 22. 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. The company has already secured an agreement with NASA on its first satellite, which should be launched by 2020.
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. The company has already secured an agreement with NASA on its first satellite, which should be launched by 2020.