# Tanager-1
*missions*

## Specifications
- **operator**: carbon-mapper
- **actual launch**: 2024-08-16
- **current status**: operational
- **orbit type**: LEO sun-synchronous orbit
- **swath km**: 24.2
- **tasking supported**: true
- **current geographic priority**: Global point-source methane and carbon dioxide super-emitter monitoring
- **launch vehicle**: spacex-transporter
- **entity type**: mission
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-14
- **verified by**: operator
- **claim status**: claimed
- **provider**: carbon-mapper
- **attributes**: {"operator":"carbon-mapper","actual_launch":"2024-08-16","current_status":"operational","orbit_type":"LEO sun-synchronous orbit","swath_km":24.2,"tasking_supported":true,"current_geographic_priority":"Global point-source methane and carbon dioxide super-emitter monitoring","launch_vehicle":"spacex-transporter"}

## Editorial
Tanager-1 is the first operational satellite in the Carbon Mapper Coalition Tanager series, launched on 2024-08-16 into a sun-synchronous low Earth orbit.[^carbonmapper-launch-advisory] The satellite carries the Carbon Mapper imaging spectrometer, a pushbroom hyperspectral instrument covering 400-2500 nm at approximately 5 nm spectral sampling.[^carbonmapper-l2b-atbd] From its 18.6-24.2 km swath, which varies with look angle, the instrument resolves point-source methane and carbon dioxide super-emitters at 30-43 m ground sampling distance depending on off-nadir angle, reaching up to 30 degrees off-nadir for tasked collections.[^carbonmapper-l2b-atbd] First methane and carbon dioxide plume detections from Tanager-1 were confirmed by JPL shortly after activation.[^jpl-tanager-first-detections] Retrievals are generated from a matched-filter plume detection algorithm applied to at-sensor radiance, yielding column enhancement products for both CH4 and CO2.[^carbonmapper-l2b-atbd] The mission targets global monitoring of industrial super-emitters across methane and greenhouse gas flux applications, with tasking supported through the Carbon Mapper data platform.

## Compositional position
- Tanager-1 --[mission_payloads]--> carbon-mapper-imaging-spectrometer (products)
- Tanager-1 --[related-topic]--> methane (topics)
- Tanager-1 --[related-topic]--> industrial-emissions (topics)
- Tanager-1 --[related-topic]--> greenhouse-gas-flux (topics)

## Sources
- [carbonmapper-launch-advisory] | Carbon Mapper Coalition's First Methane-Sensing Satellite to Launch August 16th | https://carbonmapper.org/articles/carbon-mapper-coalitions-first-methane-sensing-satellite-to-launch | tier=operator-press | accessed=2026-06-14 | published=2024-08-15
- [jpl-tanager-first-detections] | Tanager-1 First Methane and Carbon Dioxide Plume Detections | https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia26416-tanager-1-first-methane-and-carbon-dioxide-plume-detections/ | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-14
- [carbonmapper-l2b-atbd] | L2B: Methane and Carbon Dioxide Concentration Retrievals for Satellites | https://assets.carbonmapper.org/documents/L2B%20Algorithm%20Theoretical%20Basis%20Document_formatted_10-24-25.pdf | tier=operator-engineering | accessed=2026-06-14 | published=2024-10-24

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