A satellite backed by billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has been lost in space while carrying out an important climate change mission, New Zealand officials said Wednesday., MethaneSAT, the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) methane-tracking satellite backed by the Bezos Earth Fund, is lost in space., An $88mn satellite backed by Google, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been lost in space, in a blow to global efforts to detect the planet-warming emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas , Methane-Tracking Satellite Is Lost, in a Blow to Climate Efforts The spacecraft, MethaneSAT, provided a much clearer picture of planet-warming emissions from oil and gas sites., MethaneSAT Loses Contact with Satellite Core Mission to Turn Methane Measurement Data into Action Will Continue On Friday, June 20, the MethaneSAT mission operations lost contact with MethaneSAT. After pursuing all options to restore communications, we learned this morning that the satellite has lost power, and that it is likely not recoverable., .