Key statistics
Satellite BIOMASS at a glance.
Uptime
23
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.1
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for BIOMASS.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: BIOMASS
International designator: 2025-090A
Object number (NORAD): 63772
Object ID (CCSDS): 63772
Country: EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY (ESA)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.016 minutes
Inclination: 98.0761 deg
SMA: 7041.915 km
Apoapsis: 664.771 km
Periapsis: 662.79 km
RAAN: 329.4484 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0001407
Argument of periapsis: 89.0519 deg
Mean anomaly: 271.0848 deg
Mean motion: 14.69151395 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001215 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00021479 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 21, 2025, 5:16 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 21, 2025, 12:42 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 BIOMASS
TLE line 1: 1 63772U 25090A 25141.52927162 .00001215 00000-0 21479-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 63772 98.0761 329.4484 0001407 89.0519 271.0848 14.69151395 3249
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite BIOMASS.
In-orbit conjunctions
There are no conjunctions computed for BIOMASS, at the moment. Check back to stay up to date, as we update our databases every day.
Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
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.
BIOMASS was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Vega-C | Biomass’, on board a Vega-C space rocket.
The launch took place on April 29, 2025, 9:15 a.m. from Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV).
For more information about the launch, click the button.
Vega-C | Biomass
Agency: European Space Agency
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 29, 2025, 9:15 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Vega-C
Launch pad: Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)
Location: Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
...
Latest news about this satellite
Biomass, an oversized football and the Australian outback
ESA’s forest mission Biomass will be supported by a custom-built transponder antenna installed in New Norcia, Australia.
Biomass completes a relay race of a LEOP
Mission control at ESA’s European Space Operations Centre has completed the critical Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP) for ESA’s Biomass, after nine days of intense work.
Vega-C liftoff in slow-mo
ESA’s state-of-the-art Biomass satellite launched aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The rocket lifted off on 29 April 2025 at 11:15 CEST (06:15 local time).
Newsletter sign-up
Weekly statistics, charts and insights to help you stay on top of the space industry.
