Vega-C
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The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
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.
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Der vierte Flug einer Ariane 6 dieses Jahres wird mit dem Flug VA270 mit einer Ariane 62 den Wettersatelliten MTG-I2 am 27. August von Kourou aus in den Orbit befördern. Entwickelt wurde MTG-I2 durch die ESA, gebaut von einem Konsortium europäischer Firmen, vornehmlich Thales Alenia Space, OHB und Leonardo, und betrieben werden wird er wieder […] Der Beitrag 20. 7. 2026 – Arianespace startet MTG-I
Europe’s forests are losing more biomass than previously thought, with disturbances such as drought and pests causing increasingly large losses from some of the oldest forests in Europe. This situation has deteriorated markedly since 2018.