Capgemini develops the mission center to monitor Global CO₂ sources

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Capgemini develops the mission center to monitor Global CO₂ sources
Paris, July 9, 2020 – The CNES (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales) has commissioned Capgemini to develop, qualify, validate and maintain the MicroCarb Mission Center1. The purpose of the MicroCarb space mission, named after its satellite, is the continuous measurement of the atmospheric concentration of CO₂, the main greenhouse gas responsible for global warming. It will map the sources and sinks of CO₂ on a global scale.The MicroCarb mission is the first European mission resulting from a partnership between CNES, UKSA (United Kingdom Space Agency) and EUMETSAT (European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites located in Germany), through a contribution to the H2020 EU program2. It will provide a better understanding of carbon exchanges on the earth’s surface, thanks to an innovative measuring instrument: an array spectrometer capable of measuring, with great precision, the atmospheric concentration of CO₂ over the entire globe. The MicroCarb satellite, scheduled for launch before the end of 2021, will use sunlight for energy3.Capgemini’s Aerospace Industry teams mobilized