Franco-German climate satellite MERLIN

Franco-German climate satellite MERLIN
As leading players in the European space sector, Germany and France collaborate closely in many fields: both want Europe to have autonomous and reliable access to space. In remote Earth sensing, they pool their competencies in MERLIN, a joint satellite mission to detect methane – a gas with a powerful greenhouse effect whose atmospheric concentration is not yet known on a global scale.
Credit:

CNES/ill./REGY Michel, 2011 .

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