NASA TEMPO Satellite to Continue Tracking Pollution Hourly From Space Until 2026

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NASA TEMPO Satellite to Continue Tracking Pollution Hourly from Space Until 2026

TEMPO, a collaborative space mission by NASA, NOAA, and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, is transforming air quality tracking across North America. Since 2023, it has delivered hourly, high-resolution pollution data from space, aiding researchers, health officials, and the public.

NASA Extends Satellite Air Quality Monitoring Mission

NASA’s TEMPO Mission: A Revolutionary Leap in Air Quality Monitoring In 2023, NASA launched a groundbreaking mission named TEMPO (Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution), which has been making significant strides in air quality monitoring. Operating from an astonishing altitude of 22,000 miles above Earth, TEMPO has been collecting critical data on the air we breathe. […]

NASA Mission Monitoring Air Quality from Space Extended

4 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Since launching in 2023, NASA’s Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution mission, or TEMPO, has been measuring the quality of the air we breathe from 22,000 miles above the ground. June 19 marked the successful completion of TEMPO’s 20-month-long initial prime mission, and based on the quality of measurements to date, the mission has been extended through at le…