{"id":332213,"date":"2025-04-08T17:54:26","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T12:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=332213"},"modified":"2025-04-09T18:21:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T12:51:29","slug":"biomass-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/biomass-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Biomass mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The European Space Agency (ESA) is going to launch its Biomass mission in end of April, 2025. <strong>Biomass mission.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-332345 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Biomass-mission.png?resize=556%2C369&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Biomass mission\" width=\"556\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Biomass-mission.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Biomass-mission.png?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Biomass-mission.png?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Biomass-mission.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>About Biomass mission<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Launching agency:<\/strong> It will be launched by the <strong>European Space Agency (ESA),<\/strong> aboard the <strong>Vega C rocket<\/strong> from Europe\u2019s spaceport in <strong>French Guiana<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is a dedicated <strong>earth observation satellite mission<\/strong> under ESA\u2019s <strong>Earth Explorer Programme<\/strong>, designed <strong>to map and monitor global forest biomass<\/strong> with unprecedented accuracy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Orbit:<\/strong> It will be placed in a <strong>sun-synchronous orbit (SSO), <\/strong>at an altitude of around <strong>666 km.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Instruments: <\/strong>It will be the <strong>first satellite<\/strong> to carry a <strong>P-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR)<\/strong> instrument, allowing <strong>interferometric and tomographic imaging<\/strong> to determine the amount of <strong>biomass<\/strong> and <strong>carbon stored<\/strong> in forests.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Distinct feature: <\/strong>It\u2019s P-band <strong>SAR sensor can peer through clouds<\/strong>, allowing the biomass of trees to be estimated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About Earth Explore Programme<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is ESA\u2019s <strong>research-driven satellite series<\/strong> designed to explore <strong>earth\u2019s dynamic systems<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>first<\/strong> spacecraft \u2014 the <strong>gravity field and steady-state<\/strong> <strong>Ocean Circulation Explorer<\/strong> (<strong>GOCE)<\/strong> mission (2009-2013).<\/li>\n<li>The most recent one was the <strong>Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) mission <\/strong>(May <strong>2024)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The European Space Agency (ESA) is going to launch its Biomass mission in end of April, 2025. Biomass mission. About Biomass mission Launching agency: It will be launched by the European Space Agency (ESA), aboard the Vega C rocket from Europe\u2019s spaceport in French Guiana. 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