Concept information
Preferred term
GHGSat-D
Definition
- GHGSat’s demonstration satellite GHGSat-D, nicknamed “Claire”, was successfully launched at 23:56 EDT on 21 June 2016, and reached its planned orbit less than 30 minutes later. GHGSat commissioned Claire within one month of launch, and initial images were released in the Fall of 2016. “Claire” orbits the Earth approximately 15 times per day, performing several different types of measurements: infrared image of customer site, one-time concentration map of customer site (provided with abundance dataset), full-year monitoring, including emissions rate estimates. See also https://www.ghgsat.com. (en)
Broader concept
- GHGSat (en)
Notation
- GD (en)
URI
https://earth.esa.int/concept/72652503-74e7-51ba-9cc7-12b1cf9797f7
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