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Claire

retired
Earth ObservationLEOCOSPAR 2016-040DLaunched 6/22/2016
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Mission & Launch
Launch Mission
Cartosat-2(S)
Launch Vehicle
PSLV-XL
Launch Date
6/22/2016
Last Contact
11/22/2024
Orbit & Mass
Orbit Class
LEO
Altitude
505.5 km
Inclination
97.5 deg
Dry Mass
25 kg
Total Mass
25 kg
Payload Classification
Mission Type
Earth Observation
Payload Category
EOSCI
Payload Class
B
Organizations
Operator
GHGSat
Manufacturer
UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)
Constellation
Name
GHGSat
Active Satellites
12
Registry
COSPAR ID
2016-040D
UN Registration
ST/SG/SER.E/788
Track
Mentions
19
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Claire L. Rutkowski is affiliated with POWER Engineers and is a member of the Geo Week 2025 Advisory Board.

GovernanceGeneralValue 2.3Oct 3, 2024Advisory Board Announced for Geo Week 2025

Claire Milverton received the Business Leader of the Year award at GWF 2024 for promoting a data-first approach and driving SaaS product development.

GovernanceGeneralValue 2.0May 14, 2024Geospatial World Leadership Awards 2024 Announced at GWF 2024

The GHGSat-D demonstration satellite CLAIRE was developed by Space Flight Laboratory and launched in 2016.

GeneralCapabilityValue 4.0Sep 6, 2023Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) performance milestone for GHGSat smallsats

SFL developed the pathfinding GHGSat-D ("Claire") atmospheric monitoring microsatellite for GHGSat Inc. in 2016.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Apr 19, 2023Space Flight Laboratory Successfully Launches Nine Satellites to Support Four Micro Space Missions

Space Flight Laboratory built and launched the pathfinding GHGSat-D ('Claire') atmospheric monitoring microsatellite for GHGSat Inc. in 2016.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.6Apr 15, 2023A Transporter-7 achievement: Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) issues 9 smallsats to orbit

Claire, GHGSat’s demonstrator satellite, was launched in 2016.

GeneralValue 3.2Mar 2, 2023GHGSat Announces the Launch of 6 New High-Resolution Emission Monitoring Satellites in 2023

GHGSat’s demonstrator satellite Claire was launched in 2016.

CapabilityGeneralPlanValue 2.8Feb 27, 2023GHGSat to launch 6 high-resolution emission monitoring satellites in 2023

GHGSat first selected SFL in 2013 to develop the GHGSat-D demonstration satellite known as Claire to prove on-orbit stability and sensor pointing on a small satellite platform.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Mar 24, 2022Space Flight Laboratory Awarded Contract To Build Next Three GHGSat Monitoring Smallsats

Claire (GHGSat-D) was launched in 2016 and exceeded its objectives.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.8Mar 24, 2022Space Flight Laboratory Awarded Contract To Build Next Three GHGSat Monitoring Smallsats

Claire Cullen is Vice President of People at Open Cosmos and commits to acting as a role model to women who want to progress their careers into leadership and to offering support and coaching to enable them to achieve their full potential.

GovernanceValue 2.2Mar 8, 2022International Women’s Day #BreakTheBias

Claire Leon’s role requires coordinating projects across Space Systems Command and the entire space enterprise to enable horizontal integration and deliver capabilities rather than just hardware.

GovernanceValue 3.0Feb 23, 2022Space Force procurement command trying to bring ‘unity of effort’ to space programs

Claire Milverton, CEO of 1Spatial, frames ongoing product enhancements as providing dynamic market offerings that utilize 1Spatial’s data management capabilities to help customers integrate verified and accurate 3D data for applications including national mapping agencies and utility companies.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.3Jul 13, 20211Spatial unveils new 1Integrate 3D rules engine

GHGSat Inc. awarded SFL the development contracts for GHGSat-C1 ("Iris") and GHGSat-C2 ("Hugo") after SFL built and launched the pathfinding GHGSat-D ("Claire") atmospheric monitoring smallsat in 2016.

RelationshipsPlanGeneralValue 4.5Jan 26, 2021Space Flight Laboratory Launches 12 Smallsats Aboard the SpaceX Transporter-1 Mission

SFL built GHGSat’s technology demonstration satellite Claire, which launched in 2016.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Nov 17, 2020Space Flight Laboratory to build three more GHGSat satellites

Space Flight Laboratory built the pathfinding GHGSat-D microsatellite, also known as Claire, which was launched in 2016.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Nov 17, 2020Space Flight Laboratory awarded contract by GHGSat to build three more greenhouse gas monitoring microsatellites

SFL built the pathfinding GHGSat-D (Claire) smallsat that launched in 2016.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.6Nov 16, 2020Space Flight Laboratory To Build Three Smallsats For GHGSat

GHGSat created the first generation of Pulse with data from its first satellite Claire and plans to include Iris data in future versions.

CapabilityPlanValue 3.5Oct 21, 2020GHGSat unveils free global methane map

GHGSat detects and measures global greenhouse gas emissions with two satellites: Claire, launched in 2016, and Iris, launched in September.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Oct 21, 2020GHGSat unveils free global methane map

GHGSat-D, also known as Claire, is a 15-kilogram microsatellite built by the University of Toronto’s Space Flight Laboratory with two spectrometers developed and manufactured by MPB Communications.

CapabilityValue 4.5Jan 25, 2019GHGSat to accelerate business plan