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MicroCarb

MicroCarb is a CNES atmospheric CO2 mapping mission for global source and sink monitoring.^[1] CNES operates the mission, with partners including CNRS, CEA, Meteo France, universities, the European Union / ESA, UKSA, and SCGI.^[1] The satellite launched by Vega C on 2025-07-26 at 02:03 UTC and operates in a circular sun-synchronous orbit at 650 km.^[1]^[2] MicroCarb is built on a CNES Myriade-derived platform with a 180 kg satellite mass and a five-year mission duration.^[3] Its payload set includes a passive infrared spectrometer and a cloud-detection imager.^[3] The spectrometer covers 758.3-768.8 nm, 1264-1282.2 nm, 1596.7-1618.9 nm, and 2023-2051 nm bands, with 1 ppm measurement precision and a 25-day revisit.^[3]^[1]

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current status	Operational
operator	Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales
platform	MicroCarb Myriade platform
launch vehicle	Arianespace Vega C
Launched	2025-07-26
orbit type	Circular sun-synchronous orbit, 650 km altitude
revisit days	25
tasking supported	No
current geographic priority	global CO2 source and sink mapping

Supply chain position

built on platform MicroCarb Myriade platform

operated by Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales

launched on Arianespace Vega C

related to CO2

related to Greenhouse gas inventory

Sources

[1]CNES MicroCarb mission overviewagency doc2026-06-21
[2]CNES Vega-C project pageagency doc2026-06-21
[3]CNES MicroCarb satellite and instrumentsagency doc2026-06-21

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@misc{eoatlas:missions:microcarb,
  title = {MicroCarb},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/missions/microcarb}
}