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Hugo

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Earth ObservationLEOCOSPAR 2021-006DALaunched 1/24/2021
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Mission & Launch
Launch Mission
Transporter-1
Launch Vehicle
Falcon 9 FT5
Launch Date
1/24/2021
Orbit & Mass
Orbit Class
LEO
Altitude
531.5 km
Inclination
97.52 deg
Dry Mass
15 kg
Total Mass
15 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
2021-006DA
UN Registration
ST/SG/SER.E/996
Track
Mentions
9
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Hugo André Costa is the executive director of the Portuguese Space Agency.

GovernanceValue 3.0Jan 14, 2026Portugal firma los Acuerdos Artemisa sobre principios de exploración del espacio

Hugo Costa is the executive director for the Portuguese Space Agency.

Governance
Value 3.8
Jan 13, 2026
Portugal signs on as 60th Artemis Accords Signatory

Hugo de Groof played a crucial role in developing and implementing INSPIRE, a framework for sharing geospatial information across Europe.

LegalValue 1.2May 4, 2023Geospatial World Leadership Awards 2023 Announced in Rotterdam

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.

GeneralRelationshipsValue 4.0Feb 16, 2022ABB gets $30 million order for EarthDaily imaging payloads

Since September 2020, GHGSat has successfully deployed two satellites into orbit, including Hugo launched in January 2021 on the SpaceX Transporter-1 rideshare mission.

PlanGeneralValue 3.5Jul 15, 2021GHGsat Closes Their Series B Funding + Gains $45 Million

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 one next-generation greenhouse gas monitoring microsatellite known as GHGSat-C2 or "Hugo" on its 15-kg NEMO platform for GHGSat Inc. of Montreal, Canada.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.7Jan 26, 2021Space Flight Laboratory Launches 12 Smallsats Aboard the SpaceX Transporter-1 Mission

SFL was awarded the contract by GHGSat Inc. to develop the first two commercial service satellites, GHGSat-C1 (Iris) and GHGSat-C2 (Hugo).

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

GHGSat plans to launch another methane satellite named Hugo in December on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare mission.

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