SpaceX Set To Launch The Innovative TEMPO Experiment For Atmospheric Pollution Monitoring

SpaceX is scheduled to launch the Intelsat 40E satellite into geostationary transfer orbit on April 7.

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It will be carrying out Nasa's tropospheric emissions monitoring of pollution (TEMPO).

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The Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to blast off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 12:29 a.m. EDT (0429 GMT).

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The Falcon 9 rocket booster on this flight is performing its fourth launch and is expected to land on the company's drone ship A Shortfall Of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean about 8 minutes after liftoff.

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TEMPO will enable hourly snapshots of air pollution over North America.

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TEMPO will be measuring ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared light spectra to detect levels of key pollutants, including ozone in the lower troposphere, formaldehyde, and nitrogen dioxide.

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TEMPO's geostationary position allows for a unique perspective of the atmosphere, providing much higher resolution data than other missions.

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The primary mission of TEMPO is supposed to last for 20 months, but it could continue working beyond that.

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