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

The mission requires flexibility in the definition of programming methods and data processing algorithms, but also responsiveness in terms of implementation. Capgemini proposed an innovative approach that optimizes existing tools used by EUMETSAT and CNES for cataloguing and data processing, while ensuring consistency in the overall architecture of the CNES IT system.

The integration and deployment of specific developments related to the programming of the satellite, the development of calculation models and the processing of spatial data, carried out by the project teams are all shared on a DevOps⁴ platform installed within the CNES IT environment. These activities will continue for one year during the flight acceptance⁵ phase after the satellite's launch. Capgemini's project team comprises fifteen experts with a deep understanding of the aerospace industry as well as the needs of the scientific community.