SpaceOps, Montreal, 29th May 2025:
In February 2023, KSAT began managing operations of GHGSat’s C1-C8 satellites. Since then, KSAT has ensured their resilient and scalable operation. Building on this collaboration, GHGSat will entrust KSAT with the operation of the next two satellites in its constellation, C12 and C13, soon after their upcoming launch in Summer 2025 and post-commissioning handover from GHGSat’s bus supplier, Space Flight Laboratory ( SFL).
As part of its growth strategy, KSAT has expanded in recent years from delivering Ground Station Network services to providing Satellite Operations, as well as other elements of the value chain such as cloud-based services. This expansion, named Integrated Mission Services, responds to a latent demand from satellite owners to fully externalize the mission management of their fleets, allowing them to focus on their core applications.
GHGSat made history in 2016 with the launch of the world’s first satellite capable of directly attributing methane emissions to individual industrial facilities. Since then, the company has steadily expanded its proprietary constellation, which tracks emissions from tens of thousands of sites per day. To facilitate this growth, GHGSat has leveraged innovative operation models through integrated service partnerships, including through KSAT’s scalable mission services. As announced in November 2024, GHGSat will rapidly expand its satellite constellation with the launch of nine new satellites, near-doubling its fleet of methane-monitoring satellites by the end of 2026.
Eivind Kristoffersen de Badts (image), KSAT’s Director of Satellite Operations, is very happy about the renewal of the collaboration.
"We are honoured that GHGSat is entrusting us with the satellite operations of two additional Cx constellation satellites. This continued collaboration strengthens our role in the value chain by providing integrated mission services and supporting GHGSat’s to deliver actionable metrics and insights that are critical to environmental, production, and financial decision-making"
Laura Bradbury, Space Systems Operations Manager at GHGSat, comments:
“GHGSat has trusted KSAT to deliver highly reliable ground station contacts and responsive satellite operations to our constellation of microsatellites. We are confident in KSAT’s solution to assist us in rapidly expanding our constellation, while allowing us to focus on our goal of delivering critical data efficiently to businesses, governments and regulators and ultimately, supporting decision-makers to tackle emissions.
Header image: GHGSat, C7 satellite.
