The Vanguard satellite was launched last Saturday (11) using SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket. It will be able to detect emissions from individual coal and gas-fired plants, large refineriesariaoil plants, steel mills and other polluting industrial facilities – forming part of a new generation of monitoring tools.
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Vanguard will orbit the Earth at an altitude of 500 km, photographing every point on the planet every two weeks.