Thales Alenia Space Receives Funding from French Government for Carb-Chaser Project

Thales Alenia Space Receives Funding from French Government for Carb-Chaser Project

Thales Alenia Space, a global space manufacturer, has been awarded French government funding to develop the Carb-Chaser project as part of the France 2030 stimulus plan. The funding was allocated following a call for projects to support the investments needed to develop and produce new components, systems and subsystems for satellite constellations and their enabling technologies.

Devised in conjunction with local and European business and academic players, France 2030 provides France with the exceptional resources needed to meet the ecological, demographic, economic, industrial and social challenges of a changing world. This unprecedented plan for innovation and industry reflects a dual ambition. First, sustainably transform key sectors of economy — such as energy, automotive, aerospace and digital — through innovation and industrial investment. And second, position France as a leading player in the economy of the future.

Carb-Chaser for space-based monitoring of carbon emissions

Given today’s rapidly changing climatic conditions, the space sector is a key contributor to environmental monitoring. The Carb-Chaser project aims to develop a constellation of satellites for high-resolution detection of CO2 emissions to complement CO2M (one of the missions in Europe’s Copernicus environmental monitoring program) and France’s own MicroCarb program. This constellation will perform independent, verifiable and certified CO2 measurements across the entire value chain, right through to carbon services markets.

Thales Alenia Space leads a project consortium bringing together the expertise of research institutes and scientists, manufacturers and service providers. Together, they cover all the bases for the project’s success, from understanding of physical phenomena and measurement principles to knowledge of market needs and the expectations of the various market segments.

Proven expertise in environmental monitoring

Monitoring CO2 emitters is crucial to combating climate change, and spaceborne Earth-observation missions like MicroCarb and CO2M will play a decisive role. The two upcoming CO2M satellites in Europe’s Copernicus program will carry payloads supplied by Thales Alenia Space to measure the amount of human-induced CO2 in the atmosphere.

Thales Alenia Space is also contributing to MicroCarb by taking charge of the assembly, integration and test (AIT) phases on the satellite. This project aims to map carbon sinks and sources from space, providing new insights and supporting climate policy decisions.

Click here to learn more about Thales Alenia's Sustainability in Space.

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GNSS Constellations - A list of all GNSS satellites by constellations

beidou

Satellite NameOrbit Date
BeiDou-3 G4Geostationary Orbit (GEO)17 May, 2023
BeiDou-3 G2Geostationary Orbit (GEO)09 Mar, 2020
Compass-IGSO7Inclined Geosynchronous Orbit (IGSO)09 Feb, 2020
BeiDou-3 M19Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)16 Dec, 2019
BeiDou-3 M20Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)16 Dec, 2019
BeiDou-3 M21Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)23 Nov, 2019
BeiDou-3 M22Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)23 Nov, 2019
BeiDou-3 I3Inclined Geosynchronous Orbit (IGSO)04 Nov, 2019
BeiDou-3 M23Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)22 Sep, 2019
BeiDou-3 M24Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)22 Sep, 2019

galileo

Satellite NameOrbit Date
GSAT0223MEO - Near-Circular05 Dec, 2021
GSAT0224MEO - Near-Circular05 Dec, 2021
GSAT0219MEO - Near-Circular25 Jul, 2018
GSAT0220MEO - Near-Circular25 Jul, 2018
GSAT0221MEO - Near-Circular25 Jul, 2018
GSAT0222MEO - Near-Circular25 Jul, 2018
GSAT0215MEO - Near-Circular12 Dec, 2017
GSAT0216MEO - Near-Circular12 Dec, 2017
GSAT0217MEO - Near-Circular12 Dec, 2017
GSAT0218MEO - Near-Circular12 Dec, 2017

glonass

Satellite NameOrbit Date
Kosmos 2569--07 Aug, 2023
Kosmos 2564--28 Nov, 2022
Kosmos 2559--10 Oct, 2022
Kosmos 2557--07 Jul, 2022
Kosmos 2547--25 Oct, 2020
Kosmos 2545--16 Mar, 2020
Kosmos 2544--11 Dec, 2019
Kosmos 2534--27 May, 2019
Kosmos 2529--03 Nov, 2018
Kosmos 2527--16 Jun, 2018

gps

Satellite NameOrbit Date
Navstar 82Medium Earth Orbit19 Jan, 2023
Navstar 81Medium Earth Orbit17 Jun, 2021
Navstar 78Medium Earth Orbit22 Aug, 2019
Navstar 77Medium Earth Orbit23 Dec, 2018
Navstar 76Medium Earth Orbit05 Feb, 2016
Navstar 75Medium Earth Orbit31 Oct, 2015
Navstar 74Medium Earth Orbit15 Jul, 2015
Navstar 73Medium Earth Orbit25 Mar, 2015
Navstar 72Medium Earth Orbit29 Oct, 2014
Navstar 71Medium Earth Orbit02 Aug, 2014

irnss

Satellite NameOrbit Date
NVS-01Geostationary Orbit (GEO)29 May, 2023
IRNSS-1IInclined Geosynchronous Orbit (IGSO)12 Apr, 2018
IRNSS-1HSub Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (Sub-GTO)31 Aug, 2017
IRNSS-1GGeostationary Orbit (GEO)28 Apr, 2016
IRNSS-1FGeostationary Orbit (GEO)10 Mar, 2016
IRNSS-1EGeosynchronous Orbit (IGSO)20 Jan, 2016
IRNSS-1DInclined Geosynchronous Orbit (IGSO)28 Mar, 2015
IRNSS-1CGeostationary Orbit (GEO)16 Oct, 2014
IRNSS-1BInclined Geosynchronous Orbit (IGSO)04 Apr, 2014
IRNSS-1AInclined Geosynchronous Orbit (IGSO)01 Jul, 2013