GHGSat C9 [Spire]
Official name LEMUR 2 BASS
Alternative name GHGSat C9 (Juba)
Cospar ID 2023-174D
Norad ID 58259
Launch date 2023-11-11
Launch site AFWTR
Launch vehicle Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5)
Country/Organization Canada
Type application Earth observation
Operator Spire Global for GHGSat Inc.
RCS size MEDIUM
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 94.94
Inclination (deg) 97.45
Perigee (km) 507
Apogee (km) 524
Eccentricity 0.0164888457807953
Mean motion (revs. per day) 15.1674741942279
Semi-Major axis (km) 6893.635
Raan (deg) 194.3767
Arg of perigee (deg) 65.2611
Shape Box
Mass (kg) 20
Height (m) 0.4
Width (m) 0.4
Depth (m) 0.4
Span (m^2) 0.4
Contractors Spire Global (satellite); GHGSat Inc. (payload)
Propulsion ?
Configuration CubeSat (16U)
Power Solar cells, batteries

The GHGSat C9 to C11 (Greenhouse Gas Satellite) satellites are microsatellites build, owned and operated by Spire Global (SFL) for GHGSat Inc. under a data-as-a-service agreement as greenhouse gas monitoring satellites.

The satellites are built based on Spire Global's CubeSat (16U) bus and host GHGSats greenhouse gas monitoring instruments.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
LEMUR 2 JK0903EM1407 2023-174CJ 2023-11-11 AFWTR Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with ICEYE X31, X32, X34, X35, Umbra-SAR 07, 08, Pelican 1, FalconSat 10, SPIP, Aether 1, 2, ION-SCV 013, EPICHyper 3, Intuition 1, Crypto3, Lemur-2 181, OSW Cazorla, Ymir 1, PiCo-IoT 1, ..., 9, Unicorn 2J, 2K, HADES D, ROM 3, SpaceANT-D, Tartan Artibeus 2, Impulse 1, Time We?ll Tell, SpaceVan 001, EXO 0, GHGSat C9, C10, C11, Observer 1A, ProtoMéthée, MANTIS, BRO 10, 11, Connecta T3.1, T3.2, GENMAT 1, NinjaSat, OrbAstro PC1, OrbAstro TR1, PEARL 1C, 1H, Platero, Platform 5, Tiger 5, 6, Vindlér 1, ..., 4, Ella 1, Aman 1 (R), Barry 1, Flock-4q 1, ..., 36, Heron Mk.2, IRIS C2, KAFASAT, Lemur-2 179, 180, OMNI-LER1, Outpost Mission 2, JinjuSat 1, Djibouti 1A, Picacho, Veronika, Hello Test 1, 2
LEMUR 2 MJR092620 2023-174CN 2023-11-11 AFWTR Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with ICEYE X31, X32, X34, X35, Umbra-SAR 07, 08, Pelican 1, FalconSat 10, SPIP, Aether 1, 2, ION-SCV 013, EPICHyper 3, Intuition 1, Crypto3, Lemur-2 181, OSW Cazorla, Ymir 1, PiCo-IoT 1, ..., 9, Unicorn 2J, 2K, HADES D, ROM 3, SpaceANT-D, Tartan Artibeus 2, Impulse 1, Time We?ll Tell, SpaceVan 001, EXO 0, GHGSat C9, C10, C11, Observer 1A, ProtoMéthée, MANTIS, BRO 10, 11, Connecta T3.1, T3.2, GENMAT 1, NinjaSat, OrbAstro PC1, OrbAstro TR1, PEARL 1C, 1H, Platero, Platform 5, Tiger 5, 6, Vindlér 1, ..., 4, Ella 1, Aman 1 (R), Barry 1, Flock-4q 1, ..., 36, Heron Mk.2, IRIS C2, KAFASAT, Lemur-2 179, 180, OMNI-LER1, Outpost Mission 2, JinjuSat 1, Djibouti 1A, Picacho, Veronika, Hello Test 1, 2
LEMUR 2 BASS 2023-174D 2023-11-11 AFWTR Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) with ICEYE X31, X32, X34, X35, Umbra-SAR 07, 08, Pelican 1, FalconSat 10, SPIP, Aether 1, 2, ION-SCV 013, EPICHyper 3, Intuition 1, Crypto3, Lemur-2 181, OSW Cazorla, Ymir 1, PiCo-IoT 1, ..., 9, Unicorn 2J, 2K, HADES D, ROM 3, SpaceANT-D, Tartan Artibeus 2, Impulse 1, Time We?ll Tell, SpaceVan 001, EXO 0, GHGSat C9, C10, C11, Observer 1A, ProtoMéthée, MANTIS, BRO 10, 11, Connecta T3.1, T3.2, GENMAT 1, NinjaSat, OrbAstro PC1, OrbAstro TR1, PEARL 1C, 1H, Platero, Platform 5, Tiger 5, 6, Vindlér 1, ..., 4, Ella 1, Aman 1 (R), Barry 1, Flock-4q 1, ..., 36, Heron Mk.2, IRIS C2, KAFASAT, Lemur-2 179, 180, OMNI-LER1, Outpost Mission 2, JinjuSat 1, Djibouti 1A, Picacho, Veronika, Hello Test 1, 2