Airbus-built Biomass forest measuring satellite shipped to Kourou for launch

Posted on 24 Feb 2025 by The Manufacturer
Company: Airbus
Biomass, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Airbus-built satellite, has left Toulouse for its journey by ship to Kourou, French Guiana, ready for launch. Biomass, an Earth Explorer satellite, is ESA’s flagship mission to measure forest biomass to assess terrestrial carbon stocks and fluxes from an altitude of 666km above the Earth. The spacecraft will carry…

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