TanSat (Tanshiq-1), launched by China in December 2016, is dedicated to monitoring carbon dioxide concentrations in the Earth's atmosphere, contributing to the global effort to understand climate change.
China has launched a satellite to monitor global carbon emissions, the name of the satellite is
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