Photo: Satellite imagery released by NASA shows Typhoon Tauktae approaching the west coast of India, Monday, May 17, 2021. (NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) via AP)
Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – NASA launches an innovative air quality monitoring instrument into a fixed rotational orbit around Earth. So sophisticated, this device can monitor air quality in an area the size of a residential complex.
This tool is called TEMPO, which stands for Tropospheric Emission Monitoring of Pollution instrument.
TEMPO’s task is to monitor several harmful air pollutants in the atmosphere, such as nitrogen dioxide, formaldehyde, and ground-level ozone. These chemicals are the building blocks of smog.
TEMPO travels to outer space aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
NASA said the launch was successfully completed, with the atmospheric satellite separating from the rocket without any incident.
The US space agency confirmed it had obtained the appropriate signals and the agency said the instrument would start monitoring in late May or early June, as reported by Engadget, Wednesday (12/4/2023).
TEMPO is in a fixed geostationary orbit, directly over the equator, and measures air quality over North America every hour. He was also in charge of measuring areas that were only a few miles away.
This is a significant improvement over existing technology, as measurements are currently being taken within an area of 100 square miles.
TEMPO must be able to make accurate measurements in every house complex environment to provide a comprehensive view of pollution from both the macro and micro levels.
The technology will also open up some unique opportunities for obtaining new types of data, such as changes in pollution levels during peak hours, the effects of lightning on the ozone layer, the movement of pollution associated with forest fires, and the long-term effects of fertilizers on the atmosphere.
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