GHGSat has signed a deal with Spire Global to host at least three methane-tracking payloads. The deal, announced at the World Satellite Business Week, will have GHGSat move away (at least partially) from their previous strategy of owning their own satellites, and shift towards putting payloads onto Spire satellites. Spire will be launching three 16U satellites in 2023 that will each carry one of GHGSat’s payloads.
Read More »Three new GHGSat microsatellites operational, doubling capacity
GHGSat announced Thursday that they’re been able to speed up the deployment and operationalization of their satellites, doubling their capacity in “record time.”
Read More »GHGSat seeks to double greenhouse gas emissions fleet on SpaceX launch
A trio of Canadian satellites nicknamed Luca, Penny and Diako from GHGSat will launch into orbit with upgraded capabilities no earlier than Wednesday (May 25). This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. SUBSCRIBE TODAY
Read More »GHGSat methane emission monitoring satellite constellation about to double
The number of satellites on-orbit for the GHGSat emissions tracking constellation is about to double from three to six with GHGSat-C3, C4 and C5 set for launch later this month.
Read More »Terranauts – The Next Generation
In this episode of the Terranauts podcast we take a break from our history of early NASA spaceflight and talk to two current Terranauts.
Read More »GHGSat gets $454K for clean technology demo
Natural Resources Canada has awarded GHGSat $453,993 to demonstrate their hybrid satellite-aircraft system in support of advancing emerging clean technologies.
Read More »GHGSat releases its 2021 methane emissions report
GHGSat is reporting that it detected 143 MTCO2e (metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) in methane emissions in 2021.
Read More »Space Flight Laboratory to build another three GHGSat satellites
Toronto’s Space Flight Laboratory will build another three microsatellites for GHGSat as the company continues to build-out its greenhouse gas monitoring constellation.
Read More »New space industry group submits ideas to parliamentary finance committee
The new Canadian Space Resources Association is one of several space resource submissions to the Standing Committee on Finance (FINA) pre-budget consultation. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. SUBSCRIBE TODAY
Read More »CSA provides $8 million to 21 companies for smartEarth initiative
As part of yesterday’s announcement of a new Canadian Earth Observation (EO) strategy, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) announced it had funded 21 companies for its smartEarth initiative.
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