CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - GHGSat-C5 -
Full Name Greenhouse Gas Satellite - C5 (Diako) Status Operational (nominal)
Mission Agencies GHGSat Launch Date 25 May 2022
Mission Links EOL Date Dec 2026
EO Portal Info NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
Orbit Type TBD Orbit Period 95 minutes
Orbit Sense TBD Orbit Inclination 97.5 deg
Orbit Altitude 510 km Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST Repeat Cycle 14 days
Objectives and Applications High-resolution measurement of methane emissions from industrial sites.
Mission Measurements
CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereCloud type, amount and cloud top temperature C&A
Trace gases (excluding ozone) WAF-P (CH4 only)
Mission Instruments
C&A - Cloud and Aerosol Sensor
WAF-P (CH4 only) - Wide-Angle Fabry-Perot Imaging Spectrometer (CH4 only)
OpenSearch Datasets No IDN OpenSearch datasets found.

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