Vega-C | Biomass

Launch information

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Mission description

Biomass is an European Space Agency mission designed to measure the density of carbon stored in the world's forests. The spacecraft, built by Airbus Defence and Space, features the first civilian P-band synthetic aperture radar as well as a 12m-diameter deployable reflector from L3Harris made of over 900 km of gold-coated molybdenum 25µm wire. With a minimum operational lifetime of 5 years in its 666km 6am/6pm sun-synchronous orbit, the global coverage achieved every 9 months allows to precisely monitor the evolution of forests over time.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Vega-C | Biomass’.

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TBD

Status: To Be Determined

Class: normal

Launch T0: April 30, 2025, midnight

Timezone: America/Cayenne

Launch authority

Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.

Mission

Biomass (SSO)

Launcher

Arianespace

Rocket

Vega-C

Location

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Pad

Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)

Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

Satellites on-board

Tracking of on-board satellites will be available after the rocket launch date (April 30, 2025).

Launch statistics

Launch statistics will be available after the rocket launch date (April 30, 2025).

Latest news about the launch

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