GHGSAT-C1

NORAD 46278· COSPAR 2020-061G· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· SSO

Launch

Launched on Sep 3, 2020 from Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), French Guiana aboard a Vega.

Vega | SSMS PoC →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-23 22:45 UTC

Orbit class

SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)

Operator

Canadian Space Agency

Country

Canada

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Sep 3, 2020

Mass

—

Apogee

284 km

Perigee

279 km

Inclination

97.20°

Period

90.0 min

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for GHGSAT-C1 across 59 days of archived orbital elements (60 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-58.7 km

Rate

-0.99 km/day

Now

279 × 284 km

Apogee Perigee

Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.

Launched with

3 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2020-061 (Vega | SSMS PoC).

NAPA-1 · 46320
ATHENA · 46275
NEMO-HD · 46277

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