New images from ESA's Biomass satellite reveal forests, volcanoes, deserts and glaciers in striking detail, hinting at what's ...

The European Space Agency’s satellite will measure trunks, branches and stems in forests to shed light on how much carbon is ...

ESA’s Biomass satellite has released its first breathtaking images of Earth, providing a never-before-seen perspective of the ...

Today, at the Living Planet Symposium, ESA revealed the first stunning images from its Biomass satellite mission—marking a ...

The umbrella-shaped antenna, built by US space firm L3Harris, catches the returning signals and redirects them to the ...

The images show in great detail a variety of landscapes from continents across the world, including South America, Africa and ...

“As is routine, we’re still in the commissioning phase, fine-tuning the satellite to ensure it delivers the highest quality ...

About 75 minutes after the launch, ESA satellite controllers received Biomass' first signal, indicating that the satellite is working as expected in orbit. Over the next few days, ...

The European Space Agency's Biomass satellite is stacked atop its Arianespace Vega-C rocket ahead of a planned April 29, 2025 launch. (Image credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique video du CSG-T. Leduc) ...

This is why for the Biomass mission ESA went with P-band radar. P-band radio waves, which are about 10 times longer in wavelength, can see bigger branches and the trunks of trees, where most of ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has blasted its Biomass satellite into space aboard a Vega-C rocket. The launch took place at 11:15 (CEST) today from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.