Sébastien Roche^1,2, Christopher Chan Miller^1,3, Xiong Liu⁴, Bingkun Luo⁴, David Miller², Kang Sun⁵, Nicholas LoFaso^1,6, Sasha Ayvazov^1,6, Carlos Cervantes^6,7, Christopher Hairfield^1,6, Thomas Veness^6,7, Sean Crowell⁸, Gregory McGarragh⁹, Christopher O'Dell¹⁰, David Wells¹, Joshua Simon Benmergui^1,11, Maryann Sargent², Ethan D. Kyzivat¹², Dr. Zhan Zhang, PhD^1,2, Marvin Knapp^1,11, Eleanor Walker¹¹, Maya Nasr¹, Ritesh Gautam¹, Jonathan E Franklin², Steven C Wofsy² and MethaneSAT team, (1)Environmental Defense Fund, New York, United States, (2)Harvard University, Cambridge, United States, (3)Environmental Defense Fund, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States, (4)Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, United States, (5)University at Buffalo, Research and Education in Energy, Environment and Water Institute, Buffalo, United States, (6)MethaneSAT LLC, Austin, United States, (7)Environmental Defense Fund New York, New York, United States, (8)LumenUs Scientific, Oklahoma City, United States, (9)Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Fort Collins, United States, (10)Colorado State University, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Fort Collins, United States, (11)Harvard University, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, United States, (12)Harvard University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, United States