CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- GESat GEN1
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Full Name
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Gas à Effet de Serre Satellite - GEN1
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Status
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Approved
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Mission Agencies
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Absolut Sensing
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Launch Date
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Jan 2025
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Mission Links
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mission site
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EOL Date
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Dec 2027
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #
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International Designator
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Orbit Type
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Sun-synchronous
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Orbit Period
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95 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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Descending
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Orbit Inclination
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97.4 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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510 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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10:30:00.000
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Repeat Cycle
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7 days
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Objectives and Applications
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The GESat GEN1 mission aims to deliver facility-scale measurements of CH4 emissions worldwide. It will deliver actionable and reliable insights on methane concentration and emission rates, offering both the options of fast retasking and cueing global mapping detection at a fine spatial resolution.
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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OpenSearch Datasets
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