Rocket Launch Emissions

Welcome to our tracker of pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions from rocket launches! Select a time window of interest to visualise pollution on interactive plots or a 3D globe. For more information, see the FAQs at the bottom of this section.

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Launch Site Details

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[Emissions in tonnes, time in UTC. SMC=Satellite Megaconstellation]

Date	ID	Time	Launch Site	Rocket	SMC	BC	CO	CO₂	H₂O	Al₂O₃	Cl_y	NO_x

Developed by Connor Barker (UCL postdoc) and Eloise Marais (UCL PI), in collaboration with Jonathan McDowell (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics). Interested in using the data or spot any room for improvements? Please reach out to Connor Barker at connor.barker@ucl.ac.uk. Funding Disclaimer: This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 851854). European Commission project page. Home button icons created by Freepik - Flaticon.