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Satellite Programme: Greenhouse Gas Satellite
Programme details
Programme description
GHGSAT is a Canadian commercial satellite programme to monitor Green House gases.
It initially comprises a planned constellation of 12 nano satellites to monitor carbon dioxide and methane.
Several satellites are already in sun-synchronous orbits at 500 km altitude
Each satellite should operate for at least 1 year.
Some information at
https://www.ghgsat.com/en/products-services/
Data circulation
Data available from GHGSAT at
https://www.ghgsat.com/en/products-services/data-sat
Agencies
GHGSat
Programme lifetime
2016 - 2030
Associated satellites and instruments
Note: red tag => no longer operational , green tag => operational , blue tag => planned
Greenhouse Gas Satellite
GHGSat
(2016-2030)
C&A
GHGSat-Spectrometer