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Isar's main product is the Spectrum rocket, a two-stage vehicle designed to loft up to a metric ton (2,200 pounds) of payload mass to low-Earth orbit.
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ArsTechnica, 27 June 2025
Mitigation benefits are easier to quantify: emissions reduced can be tracked in metric tons of CO₂, and financial returns can be modeled through carbon markets or energy savings.
—Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
According to Chinese Customs data, Myanmar’s rare earth exports to China significantly picked up in 2018 and reached a peak of nearly 42,000 metric tons by 2023.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 24 June 2025
Over 460 million metric tons of plastics are produced worldwide every year, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, and over 20 million metric tons of that winds up discarded in the environment.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 19 June 2025
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ArsTechnica, 27 June 2025
Mitigation benefits are easier to quantify: emissions reduced can be tracked in metric tons of CO₂, and financial returns can be modeled through carbon markets or energy savings.
—Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
According to Chinese Customs data, Myanmar’s rare earth exports to China significantly picked up in 2018 and reached a peak of nearly 42,000 metric tons by 2023.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 24 June 2025
Over 460 million metric tons of plastics are produced worldwide every year, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, and over 20 million metric tons of that winds up discarded in the environment.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 19 June 2025
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“Metric ton.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metric%20ton. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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