GHGSat’s new Vanguard satellite can revolutionize space-based monitoring of C02 worldwide

By Karmactive Staff

Canadian firm, GHGSat, launches new generation satellite to transform space-based carbon monitoring.

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The new satellite, Vanguard, for the first time, can identify individual emission sites from space.

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Vanguard is also the first commercial satellite to orbit the Earth for detection and measurement of CO2.

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Satellite will be orbit the Earth at the altitude of 500 KM. The spacecraft is equipped with Wide Angle Fabry–Pérot Interferometer.

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Wide Angle Fabry–Pérot Interferometer is GHGSat’s noval instrument that studies changes in pattern of light absorption by air columns to detect CO2 spots.

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Wide Angle Fabry–Pérot Interferometer has revolutionized GHGSat’s pioneering step to identify methane emission sources.

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Methane emissions are called “fugitive emission” as they are hard to detect, as compared to the omnipresent CO2.

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GHGSat’s Vanguard satellite holds positive implications for global stocktaking and carbon trading as well.

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GHGSat’s data on GHG emissions is considered independent and credible by the businesses and governments alike.

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