Spacecraft that spots Gulf gases wins extra funding

Spacecraft that spots Gulf gases wins extra funding

A Bahraini-British project to develop a spacecraft that will monitor Gulf greenhouse gas emissions from space has been awarded a further £1.4 million ($1.8 million) grant by the UK Space Agency. The partnership between the Bahrain National Space Science Agency, YBA Kanoo Group in Manama, and the University of Leicester and Geospatial Insight of Birmingham […]

Bahraini-British project

Monitors greenhouse emissions

Part of wider Gulf space efforts

A Bahraini-British project to develop a spacecraft that will monitor Gulf greenhouse gas emissions from space has been awarded a further £1.4 million ($1.8 million) grant by the UK Space Agency.

The partnership between the Bahrain National Space Science Agency, YBA Kanoo Group in Manama, and the University of Leicester and Geospatial Insight of Birmingham in the UK was one of 32 that received an initial £75,000 each in funding last year.

The project was awarded a second, much larger grant this week to develop what the British government describes as “state of the art” sensing equipment to detect greenhouse gas emissions in Bahrain and the wider Gulf from space.

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Another 10 of the initial 32 projects also