7 Nov 2019

New Zealand space satellite to track errant methane

From Morning Report, 7:51 am on 7 November 2019

New Zealand is going to have a spy in the sky - a satellite that will have the job of seeking out errant methane emissions.

The Space Agency is putting $26 million into a partnership with an American environmental group to launch the satellite in three years' time.

Richard Easther, a Professor of Physics at the University of Auckland, speaks to Corin Dann.