As 2023 comes to an end we decided to look back on the year and select the top seven stories based on editor selection combined with readership preferences. Not surprisingly, Moon related stories dominated but a few people may be surprised to learn that Canada had 23 satellites launch this past year, more than double the previous two years combined.
Read More »ABB to Build Four More Hyperspectral Sensors for GHGSat
Québec City based ABB Canada announced last week that it would be building four more hyperspectral cameras for GHGSat and that they would be delivered in 2024.
Read More »Seven Canadian Satellites on SpaceX Transporter-9 Rideshare Mission
SpaceX will attempt to launch the Transporter-9 rideshare mission on Saturday, November 11 which has 113 payloads including seven Canadian satellites from GHGSat, Kepler Communications, Wyvern, and the University of Toronto Aerospace Team (UTAT) Space Systems.
Read More »GHGSat Positioned to Provide NASA Earth Observation Data for Five Years
NASA has been evaluating a variety of commercial Earth observation providers including GHGSat to as part of its Commercial Small Satellite Data Acquisition Program.
Read More »Significant Methane Leak in the UK Detected by GHGSat
GHGSat has released details of a significant methane leak, this time in the UK. In this case, when alerted, the operator of the leaking pipeline, fixed the issue quickly. GHGSat said this was the first time a “UK methane emission has been seen from space and mitigated.”
Read More »Space Flight Laboratory Built Satellites for GHGSat Exceed Design Capacity
Toronto based Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) announced last Thursday (Sept. 8) that the satellites they built for GHGSat had “achieved sustained detection and measurement of methane emissions at double the design capacity of the satellites.”
Read More »GHGSat Raises $60 Million in New Funding Round
Montreal-based GHGSat just finished another big funding round.
Read More »GHGSat Orders Four More Emissions Monitoring Satellites from Spire
GHGSat announced today that it had awarded a contract to Spire to build, launch and operate four new 16U high-resolution emissions monitoring satellites.
Read More »GHGSat Takes Part in White House Methane Summit
GHGSat was invited to take part in the White House Methane Summit held this past Wednesday which is yet another indication on the progress they’ve made in providing useful emissions data from space.
Read More »GHGSat Gets Another NASA Task Order
GHGSat is the beneficiary of another task order from NASA, this time through the Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition (CSDA) program to provide methane emission data.
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