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The three new GHGSat satellites were built under a contract awarded in November 2020.
The Canadian government provided 20 million Canadian dollars (about $15,800,000) in November to GHGSat for its satellite system.
GHGSat-C1 and GHGSat-C2 were launched in September 2020 and January 2021, respectively.
GHGSat raised $45,000,000 in a Series B funding round in July to fund development of its satellite constellation.
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.
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.
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.
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.
GHGSat has raised more than $70,000,000 since its inception in 2011.
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 was recognized by Fast Company magazine and was the only Quebec-based company awarded by Fast Company in 2021.
GHGSat completed the second tranche of a Series B funding round initiated in 2020, closing the Series B at $45,000,000.
GHGSat launched SPECTRA, an emissions data management portal, in June 2021 to monitor, analyze, and report emissions information.
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.
GHGSat has been using high-resolution satellites to measure methane emissions since 2016.
GHGSat, a Canada-based company, operates satellites that measure emissions from individual facilities and is seeking to join the International Methane Emissions Observatory.
Other Space Flight Laboratory-built satellites launched in the eight months prior to NorSat-3 included missions for Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre, GHGSat Inc., HawkEye 360, Space-SI, and a Canadian-based telecommunications company.
GHGSat has three in-orbit nanosatellites and intends to launch another eight satellites by the end of 2022 to meet growing demand.
The seven-month launch sequence that included DMSat-1 comprised missions developed for GHGSat Inc., HawkEye 360, Space-SI, and a Toronto-based telecommunications company.