aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org | MARCH 2020 | 5CORRECTIONThe article “Targeting methane” in the
February issue incorrectly described the
relationship between MethaneSAT and
the Environmental Defense Fund.
MethaneSAT is the independent nonprofi t
subsidiary created by the Environmental
Defense Fund to build and operate the
MethaneSAT spacecraft. The article also
misidentified Ritesh Gautam. He is a
senior physical scientist at MethaneSAT.
The sensitivity goal for MethaneSATis to measure a 0.1% increase in methane
concentrations in the column atmosphere,
not at ground level.
Also, TROPOMI, short for TROPOsphericMonitoring Instrument, aboard the European
Space Agency’s Sentinel-5 Precursor, has
a resolution of 7 km by 7 km.
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