Carbon Mapper is a non-profit organization focused on pinpointing and measuring methane and carbon dioxide (CO2) point-source emissions from space. They develop and deploy a hyperspectral satellite constellation to provide comprehensive data on greenhouse gas emissions, making this data publicly available to governments and industries. Key partners include NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Planet Labs, and the State of California, with philanthropic funding from organizations like High Tide Foundation and Bloomberg Philanthropies. Their activities involve using advanced remote sensing technology to identify "super-emitters" and support climate action by improving the measurement and management of greenhouse gas impacts.
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Carbon Mapper’s tiered observing system is designed to combine aerial assets, original Tanager satellites, and a space-based observation tier.
Carbon Mapper’s Advanced Emissions Monitoring Imaging Spectrometer was developed in partnership with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Planet Labs PBC and Carbon Mapper have signed an agreement to design and build a specialized hyperspectral satellite with technical support from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Carbon Mapper used data from an instrument designed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to release its first methane and carbon dioxide detections from Tanager-1.
Planet expects the data Tanager-1 and follow-on hyperspectral satellites to be tied to contract milestones that will delay recording revenue from the Carbon Mapper deal over the next couple of quarters.
Carbon Mapper is a nonprofit that seeks to deliver methane and carbon dioxide super-emitter data to decision-makers.
Planet has a $20,000,000 agreement signed in March to sell Tanager-1 services to Carbon Mapper.
Planet Labs signed a multi-year data-license agreement with Carbon Mapper to provide hyperspectral core imagery to Carbon Mapper and its partners until 2030.
Carbon Mapper has been a key partner to Planet Labs in developing the Tanager hyperspectral constellation.
Planet has a $20,000,000 agreement to provide hyperspectral data for Carbon Mapper’s greenhouse gas monitoring campaign from 2026 to 2030.
Carbon Mapper is supporting a campaign to fly JPL-developed hyperspectral sensors on Planet’s Tanager satellites.
The first two Carbon Mapper Tanager satellites are scheduled to launch in 2024 and will provide free data on methane and carbon dioxide emissions.
The Carbon Mapper Coalition is a public-private partnership announced in 2021 with the aim of gaining a deeper understanding of global methane and carbon dioxide emissions.
Planet has announced plans for a hyperspectral constellation named Tanager in partnership with the nonprofit Carbon Mapper Coalition.
The Carbon Mapper constellation was planned in 2021 by a consortium led by the State of California, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Planet.
The hyperspectral sensor technology for the Carbon Mapper satellites was pioneered by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and will provide a full spectral range of shortwave infrared with high-precision 5-nanometer-wide bands.
Carbon Mapper plans to launch two methane-monitoring satellites in late 2023 with the commercial satellite company Planet Labs and philanthropic funding.
Carbon Mapper is leading public-private partnerships to scale methane monitoring and is working with partners across 15 states.
Advanced Cooling Technologies will design and produce the thermal architecture for the first two Carbon Mapper satellites scheduled to launch in 2023.
The Carbon Mapper consortium announced its plans in April 2021.