\n The forest-monitoring satellite, named Biomass, was developed, built, and tested by Airbus in Stevenage, alongside teams in Friedrichshafen, Germany, and Toulouse, France.\n<\/p>\n
\n Biomass was designed to examine the world’s forests to better understand the carbon cycle and its impact on climate change.\n<\/p>\n
\n During its five-year mission, the satellite would utilise a revolutionary radar instrument to scan the Earth’s forests from an altitude of 666km.\n<\/p>\n
\n This radar was expected to deliver exceptionally accurate maps of tropical, temperate, and boreal forest biomass, aiding in the understanding of the role forests play in regulating the climate.\n<\/p>\n
\n The spacecraft featured a 12-metre deployable antenna, which was crucial for capturing data that would illustrate changes in biomass due to forest loss and regrowth.\n<\/p>\n
\n In addition to monitoring forests, Biomass was capable of measuring paleo aquifers in desert regions to identify new water sources in arid areas.\n<\/p>\n
\n It would also contribute to observations of ice sheet dynamics, subsurface geology, and forest topography.\n<\/p>\n
\n The radar was designed to penetrate the forest canopy, providing a completely new view of the Earth\u2019s surface.\n<\/p>\n
\n At the time, Alain Faur\u00e9, head of space systems at Airbus Defence and Space, said: “Biomass will give scientists and climatologists unprecedented data on the state of the world\u2019s forests, further enhancing the understanding of the climate cycle.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The spacecraft is now safely in orbit and ready to deliver its precious data.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The data captured by Biomass would support a UN climate change initiative aimed at reducing emissions due to deforestation.\n<\/p>\n
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