ESA - Biomass

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The mission

Carrying a novel P-band synthetic aperture radar, the Biomass mission is designed to deliver crucial information about the state of our forests and how they are changing, and to further our knowledge of the role forests play in the carbon cycle.

The launch

Date: 2025
Site: Kourou, French Guiana
Rocket: Vega-C

1st P-band radar in space
666 km altitude
1250 kg mass
12 m diameter antenna

Biomass

10 remarkable Earth facts

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Biomass satellite over forest

ESA’s forest satellite robust for launch

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Biomass instrument open

Biomass heads for the shaker

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Biomass mission

Enabling & Support

Forecasting performance of a space antenna – before it gets…

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Biomass’ 12-metre wire-mesh reflector

ESA’s Biomass on track to target forests

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Biomass open-source computing project BioPAL goes live

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Discover Biomass

Earth’s lungs

Introducing Biomass

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ESA’s forest mission

Facts and figures

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Tropical forest

Earth’s forests and climate

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Measuring biomass

Measuring biomass

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Biomass satellite platform

The satellite

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Biomass mock up being tested

The instrument

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Vega

The launch

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Kiruna station

Operations and data flow

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