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

Biomass

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

23/06/2025 34829 views 127 likes
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ESA's Biomass Calibration Transponder in New Norcia, Australia
Enabling & Support

Biomass, an oversized football and the Australian outback

15/05/2025 1124 views 19 likes
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Biomass model in ESA's Main Control Room
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Biomass completes a relay race of a LEOP

09/05/2025 1580 views 30 likes
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Just a week after its launch, ESA’s Biomass 12-metre-diameter antenna is now fully deployed.
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Forest satellite’s big antenna opens up

07/05/2025 17593 views 143 likes
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Above-ground biomass 2022
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ESA unveils longest-ever dataset on forest biomass

02/05/2025 13213 views 55 likes
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