The satellite, named Biomass, launched with a rocket from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, New Guinea, and separated from the ...

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The European Space Agency’s new probe, Biomass, will spend five years orbiting the planet and gathering radar imagery of ...

ESA's Biomass satellite, designed to provide unprecedented insights into the world's forests and their crucial role in ...

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The European Space Agency (ESA) successfully launched a first-of-a-kind satellite on Tuesday that will count the carbon in Earth’s rainforests. Scientists hope to better understand the importance of ...

ESA launches Biomass satellite to map Earth's forests and measure carbon storage. (photo credit: ESA/ATG medialab CC-BY-SA 3.0 IGO) Yesterday, the European Space Agency (ESA) launched the Biomass ...