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BIOMASS
Forest Carbon Mapping · ESA
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ESA's most unusual Earth observation satellite fires 70 cm radar wavelengths long enough to penetrate dense forest canopies and measure woody biomass. Biomass will produce the first global map of forest carbon stocks — the missing variable holding the largest uncertainty in climate science. If forests store twice as much carbon as we think, everything about climate policy needs revisiting.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 418–419 mi (672–674 km)
- Inclination
- 98.1°
- One orbit
- 98.1 minutes14.7 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 63772
- Int’l designator
- 2025-090A
- Launched
- 2025
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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