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ESA's Biomass Calibration Transponder in New Norcia, Australia

Satellite view of ESA's New Norcia ground station, in Western Australia

Members of the Biomass operations team on launch day

Biomass model in ESA's Main Control Room

Biomass is added to the historic list of missions flown from ESOC's Main Control Room

Artist's view of Europe's launcher family from 2024 onwards

Example of an image generated by ESA’s space video simulations software PANGU

Lunar surface as viewed by a conventional camera versus an event camera

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Logo of ESA's Advanced Concepts Team

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Advanced Concepts Team’s ELOPE challenge

Launch of Vega-C VV26

Biomass on its way to orbit aboard Vega-C

Forest mission takes to the skies

Vega-C lofts ESA’s Biomass into orbit

ESA’s Biomass lifts off aboard Vega-C

Biomass takes to the skies

Biomass on its way to orbit

Vega-C takes Biomass into orbit

ESA’s forest mission launches

ESA’s forest mission lifts off

Biomass mission control team

Biomass on Vega-C ready for liftoff

Vega-C mobile gantry open

Mission control GO for Biomass launch

P160C solid-propellant rocket motor fires on ground

P160C solid-propellant rocket motor test fire

P160C solid-propellant rocket motor QM3 test

Hovering over Europe’s flattest floor with AI

Simulations ongoing for Biomass launch

P120C and P160C on Vega-C and Ariane 6

Europe's largest solid-propellant rocket motors

CM25: Europe's solid-propellant rocket motors

CM25: High-Thrust Engine roadmap

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.

ESA team in front of Biomass fairing

Sealing Biomass within the Vega-C fairing

Biomass inside one half of Vega-C's fairing

Biomass encapsulation begins

Biomass and Vega-C fairing half shells

Applying the Biomass mission sticker to the rocket fairing

Biomass on its launch adapter

Biomass being mated to the Vega-C launch adapter

Biomass being lifted onto the Vega-C launch adapter

Biomass and the Vega-C launch adapter

Biomass sticker on Vega-C fairing

Vega-C fairing getting its Biomass sticker

Biomass inside Vega-C

Space Rider's ALEK in LEAF

Space Rider's ALEK in LEAF on Vega third stage

Space Rider's ALEK on shaker

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