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Biomass, Vega C

CBS News on MSN · 8h

Satellite launches on mission to "weigh" the world's 1.5 trillion trees

The satellite, named Biomass, launched with a rocket from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, New Guinea, and separated from the rocket less than an hour after launch, the ESA said in a news release. About 75 minutes after the launch, ESA satellite controllers received Biomass' first signal, indicating that the satellite is working as expected in orbit.

SpaceNews · 11h

Vega launches Biomass satellite

A Vega C rocket successfully launched an Earth science satellite for the European Space Agency, a mission officials said was also a demonstration of European space sovereignty.

Space.com · 1d

Vega-C rocket launches European forest-monitoring 'Biomass' satellite to orbit (video)

The European Space Agency 's (ESA) Biomass spacecraft lifted off atop a Vega-C rocket from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana on Tuesday at 5:15 a.m. EDT (0915 GMT; 6:15 a.m. local time in Korea). Arianespace's stream began at 4:55 a.m. EDT (0855 GMT), and the launch can now be watched on demand.

7hon MSN

New satellite will provide an unprecedented look at the planet's forests

The Biomass satellite will measure the trunks, branches and stems of the trees that populate the planet's forests. ESA says ...

Giant radar ‘umbrella’ launches into space on mission to transform climate science

The European Space Agency (ESA) has blasted its Biomass satellite into space — and it could change everything we know about ...

1d

Clever new satellite able to 'look through' forests and icebergs

The aim is for the satellite to "weigh" the Earth's forests, revealing how much planet-warming carbon is being stored within trees.

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