GHGSat is a leader in high-resolution remote sensing of greenhouse gas emissions from space, pioneering the technology to monitor these emissions at the facility level. As a commercial constellation, GHGSat's satellites offer data and intelligence to businesses, governments, and investors to optimize performance and meet environmental standards. GHGSat partners with organizations like the UK Space Agency and utilizes technology developed by the University of Toronto's Space Flight Laboratory, providing methane emission data to entities such as UNEP's IMEO and various oil and gas companies.
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GHGSat contracted SFL to build the commercial satellites GHGSat-C1 and GHGSat-C2, which were launched in 2020 and 2021 respectively and are currently in orbit.
Nine founding members of Space Canada include Calian, GHGSat, Magellan Aerospace, Maritime Launch Services, MDA, Mission Control, NorthStar Earth & Space, SpaceBridge, and Telesat.
GHGSat launched Pulse, a free global map of methane concentration satellite data updated weekly, in October 2020.
GHGSat closed a Series B funding round in 2021 that increased its total fundraising to $70,000,000 and received $45,000,000 from investors including Investissement Québec, OGCI Climate Investments, and Space Capital.
The latest satellite that launched with an ABB imaging payload was Hugo, which flew on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare mission in January 2021 for GHGSat.
C-CORE and GHGSat have worked together since 2013 from concept through development of satellite monitoring technology.
GHGSat-C1 and GHGSat-C2 were launched in September 2020 and January 2021, respectively.
GHGSat will launch three satellites, GHGSat-C3, GHGSat-C4, and GHGSat-C5, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 in mid-2022.
GHGSat raised $45,000,000 in a Series B funding round in July to fund development of its satellite constellation.
The three new GHGSat satellites were built under a contract awarded in November 2020.
The seven additional GHGSat satellites GHGSat-C6 through GHGSat-C12 are projected to launch at the end of 2023.
The Canadian government provided 20 million Canadian dollars (about $15,800,000) in November to GHGSat for its satellite system.
In 2020 GHGSat’s proprietary satellite sensor was mounted to an aircraft for airborne operations to provide greater detail and faster collection of measurements.
GHGSat and SI Imaging Services plan to use GHGSat data for the Korean Ministry of Environment, landfill management organizations in the metropolitan area, LPG storage facilities, LNG terminals of KOGAS and POSCO, and hydroelectric power plants.
In 2020, GHGSat’s proprietary satellite sensor was mounted to an aircraft for airborne operations to provide greater detail and more time-efficient collection of measurements.
SI Imaging Services expects that GHGSat’s emission monitoring service will help government agencies and enterprises in East Asia track their carbon footprint and take necessary actions to reduce it or prevent gas leaks.
GHGSat completed the second tranche of a Series B funding round initiated in 2020, closing the Series B at $45,000,000.
The additional Series B funding will allow GHGSat to expand its greenhouse gas emission detection array to 10 satellites and 3 aircraft sensors by 2023.
Since September 2020, GHGSat has successfully deployed two satellites into orbit, including Hugo launched in January 2021 on the SpaceX Transporter-1 rideshare mission.
GHGSat operates small satellites that the company states achieve a spatial resolution 100 times greater than other systems, enabling detection of methane emissions from sources 100 times smaller than those detected by other satellites.