Vega-C | Biomass
Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
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Biomass
Biomass is an Earth observation satellite launched as a part of ESA Earth Explorer program. It will be using a P-band synthetic aperture radar to collect data on the height of forests, allowing scientists to determine the amount of biomass and carbon stored there.
Vega-C
Height 30.10 Meters
Max Stages 4
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 2974 kN
Diameter 3.00 Meters
Mass To LEO 1500 kg
Liftoff Mass 136 Tonnes
Launch Success 1
Consecutive Success 1
Maiden Flight 2022-07-13
Launch Failures 1
Updates
Nosu
2024-03-27T10:48:39+0000
Targeting March 2025
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-12-05T14:40:10+0000
Launcher swapped with one for Sentinel-2C in summer 2023.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-10-02T11:26:27+0000
NET Q2 2024.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-07-10T13:56:19+0000
NET April 2024
Nosu
2022-11-07T10:53:42+0000
NET 2024
Nosu
2022-11-07T10:53:41+0000
NET 2024
Related News
2023-12-04T16:27:34+0000
Arstechnica
What happens in Vega didn’t stay in Vega, as key rocket parts went missing
2023-12-04T09:06:17+0000
European Spaceflight
