Blue Canyon Technologies, RTX’s (NYSE: RTX) small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider, announced the successful launch and initial contact with the MethaneSAT satellite. MethaneSAT is the first satellite funded by a nonprofit organization to accelerate more effective efforts to reduce emissions of methane, a greenhouse pollutant responsible for about 30 percent of today’s global warming. Blue Canyon provided its the Saturn-class bus integrated with infrared spectrometers that will be used to detect the colorless and odorless gas methane. Blue Canyon provided its largest small …