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ESA's forest mission

Biomass

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: 29 April 2025
Site: Kourou, French Guiana
Rocket: Vega-C

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Brazil gears up to harness ESA’s Biomass data

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Global map of vegetation optical depth, 2018
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SMOS adds long-term view on carbon stored in forests

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Bolivian forest and landscape from Biomass
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Biomass satellite returns striking first images of forests …

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ESA's Biomass Calibration Transponder in New Norcia, Australia
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Biomass, an oversized football and the Australian outback

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Biomass model in ESA's Main Control Room
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Biomass completes a relay race of a LEOP

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Biomass in orbit
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Biomass is now in space – what happens next?

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From cleanroom to space: a journey of Biomass

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Biomass launch highlights

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Replay: Biomass launch coverage

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ESA’s Biomass mission launches on Vega-C

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Mission control GO for Biomass launch

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Mission control GO for Biomass launch
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Simulations ongoing for Biomass launch

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Simulations ongoing for Biomass launch
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Lifting the canopy on Earth’s forests

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Biomass on the launch pad

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ESA’s Biomass satellite, encapsulated within a Vega-C rocket fairing, has been rolled out to the launch pad at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana ahead of liftoff, planned for 29 April at 11:15 CEST.
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Seeing the wood through the trees
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Introducing Biomass

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Tropical forest
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Forests and climate

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Measuring biomass
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Biomass on biomass

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Biomass beyond forests
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Biomass beyond forests

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Testing the deployment of Biomass' solar wing
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The satellite

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Biomass instrument open
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The instrument

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Kiruna station
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Operations and data flow

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Biomass in the anechoic chamber
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Facts and figures

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Above ground biomass
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Biomass and the Climate Change Initiative

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Biomass patch

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