SpaceX launched the Transporter-15 rideshare mission today with 140 payloads onboard including three from Canada.
The Canadian payloads onboard include two satellites for GHGSat and one payload from Wyvern. All three satellites will be used for Earth observation.
For GHGSat, this brings the total to 16 satellites the company has launched for its greenhouse gas monitoring constellation. The latest two are GHGSat-C14 (Teodor) and GHGSat-C15 (Laila). These two satellites were built by Spire Global on the LEMUR-2 platform.
The company has another four satellites on order with at least two expected to launch in 2026.
For Wyvern, their latest payload, known as Dragonette-005, is a hyperspectral camera which is on the YAM-9 satellite built by Loft Orbital. YAM-9 supports multiple customer payloads through its Hub, their universal payload adapter.
Wyvern launched Dragonette-004 in March on the SpaceX Transporter-13 mission and is on Loft Orbital’s YAM-8 satellite.
All three payloads launched today were manifested by German based Exolaunch who provide managed launch and integration services. They are the only company to have manifested payloads on all SpaceX Transporter rideshare missions.Â
SpaceQ confirmed that all three Canadian payloads deployed.
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