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Satellite:
BIOMASS
Satellite details
Acronym
BIOMASS
Full name
BIOMASS
Satellite Description
Single flight unit of the BIOMASS programme.
Main mission: to quantify the forest biomass, the extend of forest and deforested areas and the delimitation of flooded forests.
Significant contribution to land and glacier topography.
Mass at launch
1200 kg
Dry mass
1140 kg
Power
1500 W
Data access link
no link provided
Data access information
Data made available from the ESA’s Payload Data Ground Segment at the ESRIN.
Orbit
Sunsynchronous orbit
Altitude
660 km
ECT
06:00 desc
Space agency
ESA
Status
Planned
Details on Status (as
available)
Launch
≥2023
EOL
≥2028
Last update:
2021-06-08
Associated satellite programme and related satellites
Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational ,
blue tag : future
Satellite Payload
All known Instruments flying on
BIOMASS
Acronym
Full name
SAR-P
Synthetic Aperture Radar - P-band
Show instrument status and calibration
Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
BIOMASS
* The information in this field is estimated or assumed
Telecommunication frequency or microwave sensing channel information Show expert details
Service
Dir or Mode
Frequency
Emission designator
Bandwidth
Polarisation
D/A
Data rate or Baseband
Comments
SAR-P
active
435 - 435 MHz
N/R kHz
-
A
P-band SAR