GHGSat contracts Space Flight Laboratory for two additional satellites. Photo: SFL

GHGSat has contracted Space Flight Laboratory to build two additional greenhouse gas monitoring satellites for the company’s constellation. 

The satellites, announced Monday, will be based on the SFL 15-kg NEMO satellite bus, the same platform used to build the first nine GHGSat spacecraft. SFL built GHGSat’s demonstration satellite which launched in 2016 and built eight additional satellites. All nine satellites are currently healthy. 

SFL reported that development for GHGSat-C12 and C13 is underway at the SFL facility in Toronto. The two new satellites will be identical in design and technical capabilities to GHGSat-C6, C7, C8 that were launched in 2023.

GHGSat monitors greenhouse gases from industries including oil and gas, power generation, mining, waste management, and agriculture. Last year, the satellite constellation made more than 3 million measurements across 85 countries. 

“These spacecraft, which will build on the extensive track record of the previous nine SFL-built GHGSat satellites, mark exciting progress in GHGSat’s mission to measure emissions at every industrial site, worldwide, every day. The insights they generate will enable tangible emissions reductions for GHGSat’s government and industry customers, creating global climate impact,” commented GHGSat President Stéphane Germain.