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NASA's Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution instrument launched as a payload aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, Florida, U.S., April 7, 2023. /NASA
NASA launched its new air quality control instrument on Friday to provide unprecedented resolution of monitoring major air pollutants.
The instrument, named Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO), launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 12:30 a.m. Eastern Time.
The instrument is a payload on the satellite Intelsat 40E, which separated from the rocket approximately 32 minutes after launch. TEMPO commissioning activities will begin in late May or early June, according to NASA.
TEMPO data will play an important role in the scientific analysis of pollution, including studies of rush hour pollution, the potential for improved air quality alerts, the effects of lightning on ozone, the movement of pollution from forest fires and volcanoes, and even the effects of fertilizer application, according to NASA.
TEMPO will be the first space-based instrument to measure air quality over North America hourly during the daytime and at spatial regions of several square miles – far better than existing limits of about 259 square kilometers in the United States, said NASA.
(With input from Xinhua)
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