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Biomass Satellite Returns Striking First Images of Forests and More
- The European Space Agency's Biomass satellite returned its first images of Earth's forests and landscapes on May 22, 2025, including the Amazon rainforest in Brazil.
- Launched two months earlier on a Vega-C rocket from French Guiana, Biomass began its commissioning phase to test and calibrate novel radar instruments for detailed forest carbon assessment.
- Biomass uses a pioneering P-band synthetic aperture radar that penetrates forest canopies and ice sheets to capture three-dimensional biomass and subsurface structures in extreme environments.
- Michael Fehringer described the initial images as truly impressive and emphasized that they represent only an early indication of future results. Meanwhile, Simonetta Cheli expressed confidence that the Earth Explorer Biomass mission will fulfill its objectives successfully.
- These initial results confirm Biomass is on track to meet its goals, suggesting it will provide groundbreaking data to improve understanding of global carbon storage and climate change impacts.
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Biomass satellite returns striking first images of forests and more
Today, at the Living Planet Symposium, ESA revealed the first stunning images from its Biomass satellite mission—marking a major leap forward in our ability to understand how Earth's forests are changing and exactly how they contribute to the global carbon cycle. But these inaugural glimpses go beyond forests. Remarkably, the satellite is already showing potential to unlock new insights into some of Earth's most extreme environments.
ESA reveals the first results of a mission that will revolutionize our knowledge of how Earth’s forests contribute to the global carbon cycle From the Amazon Basin forests to the forests of Indonesia or Gabon’s rivers in Africa. Just two months after its launch, the ESA Biomass satellite offers the first images from space, which it will use to obtain unprecedented data on the planet’s forests and their crucial role in the carbon cycle. Biomass i…
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