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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A consortium led by the State of California, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Planet plans to launch a Carbon Mapper constellation equipped with hyperspectral sensors to detect, quantify, and track sources of methane and carbon dioxide.
The Pelican satellite architecture leverages the architecture of the Carbon Mapper constellation announced in April 2021.
The Carbon Mapper project announced 2021-04-15 will place a series of satellites in orbit to track greenhouse gas emissions.
Phase 2 of Carbon Mapper is planned to expand to an operational multi-satellite constellation starting in 2025.
CARB is working with the University of Arizona, JPL, and Arizona State University to use airborne prototypes of Carbon Mapper to demonstrate mitigation and improved accounting with facility operators across California.
Phase 2 of Carbon Mapper would expand to an operational multi-satellite constellation starting in 2025.
Phase 1 of Carbon Mapper includes development of the first two satellites by Planet and NASA JPL and is planned to launch in 2023.
NASA JPL will provide technical assistance to Planet’s development of the hyperspectral payload for additional Carbon Mapper satellites.
Phase 1 of Carbon Mapper includes development of the first two satellites by Planet and NASA JPL and is planned to launch in 2023.
NASA JPL will deliver the hyperspectral imaging spectrometer payload for the first Carbon Mapper satellite.
Phase 1 of Carbon Mapper includes accompanying data processing platforms and cooperative methane mitigation pilot projects using aircraft in California and other U.S. states.
Planet will design and build the Carbon Mapper satellites and operate the fleet with its existing mission system architecture.
California Air Resources Board is collaborating with Carbon Mapper and is developing a public portal to make Carbon Mapper data available for industry, governments, and private citizens.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will deliver the hyperspectral imaging spectrometer payload for the first Carbon Mapper satellite.
Planet will design and build the Carbon Mapper satellites, integrate NASA JPL’s hyperspectral imaging sensor, and operate the fleet with its existing mission system architecture.
Carbon Mapper is developing its satellite constellation in three phases with an initial study phase already completed.
California Air Resources Board is working with the University of Arizona, NASA JPL, and Arizona State University to use Carbon Mapper airborne prototypes for mitigation demonstration and improved accounting with facility operators across California.
Carbon Mapper pairs hyperspectral sensors developed at JPL with satellites approximately the size of Planet SkySats.
A larger Carbon Mapper constellation is planned to begin providing frequent observations of greenhouse gas sources in 2025.
Carbon Mapper’s visible and infrared imaging spectrometers are designed to provide data with a resolution of 30 m per pixel.