https://spacewatch.global/tag/stephane-germain/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 03 Feb 2025 08:45:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/stephane-germain/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2025/02/esa-and-eu-selects-ghgsat-as-a-copernicus-contributing-mission/ Mon, 03 Feb 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=63708 GHGSAT has been designated as a Copernicus Contributing Mission (CCM) by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Commission. Through the CCM program, data on methane emissions from GHGSAT’s satellite constellation will support the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) in its mission to provide consistent and accurate information on air pollution and greenhouse gases globally.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/09/ghgsat-completes-funding-to-accelerate-commercialization/ Mon, 11 Sep 2023 06:00:25 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=50961 GHGSat has completed its Series C1 funding round for a total of US$44 million in equity and debt, which consequently puts the Company's total raised funds to more than US$126 million since its inception in 2011. Equity participants in the funding round included Fonds de solidarité FTQ, BDC Capital, the investment arm of the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), the Government of Québec through Investissement Québec, Climate Investment, and the Japan Energy Fund. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/09/space-flight-laboratory-announces-ghg-microsatellite-milestone/ Fri, 08 Sep 2023 06:00:13 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=50946 Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) announced on the 7th of September that the SFL-built GHGSat greenhouse gas monitoring microsatellites have achieved sustained detection and measurement of methane emissions at double the design capacity of the satellite. SFL developed all nine operational 15 kg GHGSat spacecraft on its NEMO microsatellite bus. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/06/ghgsat-and-satellite-applications-catapult-to-partner-for-climate-observation/ Fri, 09 Jun 2023 06:00:08 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=49338 A new partnership was announced on the 7th of June between the Satellite Applications Catapult and GHGSat, a satellite-based and aerial remote sensing technology and emission data provider, to provide satellite data on domestic and international methane emissions for R&D in the UK. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/02/ghgsat-to-launch-high-resolution-emission-monitoring-satellites/ Thu, 23 Feb 2023 07:00:18 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=46816 GHGSat has announced the upcoming launches of six additional satellites in 2023. The first three are GHGSat satellites, named Mey-Lin (C6), Gaspard (C7) and Océane (C8), which will travel into orbit this Spring onboard SpaceX’s Transporter-7 rideshare mission.]]>