GHGSat-D (Claire) Satellite Mission Summary

CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - GHGSat-D (Claire) -

Full Name

Greenhouse Gas Satellite - Demonstrator (Claire)

Status

Operational (extended)

Mission Agencies

GHGSat

Launch Date

22 Jun 2016

Mission Links

mission site | data access portal | data access portal

EOL Date

Dec 2024

EO Portal Info

NORAD Catalog #

41602 (TLE)

International Designator

2016-040D

Orbit Type

Sun-synchronous

Orbit Period

95 minutes

Orbit Sense

Descending

Orbit Inclination

97.3 deg

Orbit Altitude

520 km

Orbit Longitude

Orbit LST

9:30

Repeat Cycle

14 days

Objectives and Applications

High-resolution measurement of methane emissions from industrial sites. GHGSat-D no longer supports commercial operations but it’s still functional and hasn’t been decommissioned (as of Sept 2024).

Mission Measurements

Category	Parameter	Instrument(s)
Atmosphere	Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature	C&A (Demo)
	Trace gases (excluding ozone)	WAF-P (Demo)

Mission Instruments

C&A (Demo) - Cloud and Aerosol Sensor (Demo)

WAF-P (Demo) - Wide-Angle Fabry-Perot Imaging Spectrometer (Demo)

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GHGSat Archive and Tasking
Jan-2020

The GHGSat constellation aims to become the global reference for the remote sensing of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from any source in the world. The GHGSat constellation currently consists of GHGSat-D (Claire), GHGSat-C1 (Iris) and GHGSat-C2 (Hugo). Additional launches are foreseen over the coming years in order to achieve a 10 satellite constellation. The on-board spectrometer allows measurement of the vertical column abundances of greenhouse gases, especially methane. ESA offers access to worldwide GHGSat data (both archived and new acquisitions) via the TPM scheme. Read more

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