CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - GHGSat-C8 -
Full Name Greenhouse Gas Satellite - C8 (Océane) Status Operational (nominal)
Mission Agencies GHGSat Launch Date 15 Apr 2023
Mission Links EOL Date Dec 2027
EO Portal Info NORAD Catalog # 56186 (TLE)
International Designator 2023-054J
Orbit Type TBD Orbit Period 95 minutes
Orbit Sense TBD Orbit Inclination 97.5 deg
Orbit Altitude 496 km Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST Repeat Cycle 14 days
Objectives and Applications Detect and measure the specific ‘signature’ of methane in the atmosphere.
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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