Biomass

Success
APR 29202509:15:00 UTC

The 7th Earth Explorer mission in ESA's Living Planet Programme, designed to study global forest biomass. Biomass carries the first P-band synthetic aperture radar to operate from orbit, capable of penetrating forest canopies to measure carbon stocks, providing data to improve global carbon cycle models and support climate change research.

launched fromELVKourou

aboardVega CVV26intoLEO

Payload

Biomass

Earth observation

last updatedDec 2, 2025