GHGSat / eo constellation
sourcingtypical 4/5 · 13 factsGHGSat Inc. operates a satellite constellation for monitoring targeted greenhouse gas emitters. Its GHGSat D satellite demonstrates a miniature hyperspectral SWIR imaging spectrometer designed to detect emissions from sources such as tailing ponds, landfills, and industrial stacks including flaring and venting.
key details
faq
Who operates GHGSat?
GHGSat is operated by GHGSat Inc.. (source, as of 2026-07-05)
How many GHGSat satellites are active on orbit?
CelesTrak's catalog currently tracks 10 objects for GHGSat. (source, as of 2026-09-08)
When did GHGSat first launch?
GHGSat first launched on 2016-06-22. (source, as of 2026-07-05)
imaging modes
facts
sats active (verified) counts objects currently tracked in CelesTrak's catalog for this constellation. It is a tracking count, not an operator claim about satellite health.
orbit
timeline
- 20262026-07-07GHGSat launches GHGSat-C16 (Eleonore) and GHGSat-C17 (Nuray) on SpaceX Transporter-17 (source, as of 2026-07-13)
- 20252025-11-28GHGSat launches GHGSat-C14 (Teodor) and GHGSat-C15 (Laila) on SpaceX Transporter-15 (source, as of 2026-07-13)
- 20242024-01-17GHGSat wins CAD 2 million Canadian Space Agency award for methane spectrometer (source, as of 2026-07-05)
- 20232023-11-11GHGSat launches GHGSat-C9, C10 and C11 as hosted payloads on SpaceX Transporter-9 (source, as of 2026-07-05)
- 2023-04-15GHGSat launches GHGSat-C4, C5 and C6 on SpaceX Transporter-7 rideshare (source, as of 2026-07-05)
- 20222022-05-25GHGSat launches GHGSat-C3 (Luca), expanding its monitoring constellation (source, as of 2026-07-05)
- 20212021-01-24GHGSat launches GHGSat-C2 (Hugo) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 (source, as of 2026-07-05)
- 20202020-09-02GHGSat launches GHGSat-C1 (Iris), its first commercial operational satellite (source, as of 2026-07-05)
- 20162016-06-22GHGSat launches GHGSat-D (Claire), its first greenhouse gas monitoring satellite (source, as of 2026-07-05)
- 2016-06-22GHGSat-D demonstrates hyperspectral instrument for monitoring point-source gas emitters (source, as of 2026-07-05)
sources
Includes data from Gunter's Space Page: doc_sdat/ghgsat-d.htm, doc_sdat/ghgsat-c9.htm