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ESA launches Biomass satellite to provide ‘unprecedented insights into forests and Earth’s carbon cycle’

ESA’s groundbreaking Biomass satellite, designed to provide unprecedented insights into the world’s forests and their crucial role in Earth’s carbon cycle, has been launched. The satellite lifted off aboard a […]

ESA’s Biomass; on the launch pad, the mission and Europe’s Spaceport

ESA’s Biomass satellite, encapsulated within a Vega-C rocket fairing, has been rolled out to the launch pad at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana ahead of liftoff, planned for 29 April […]

Arianespace to launch ESA’s Biomass satellite on April 29, with Vega C

On Tuesday April 29th, 2025, at 6:15 a.m. local time (09:15 a.m. UTC, 11:15 a.m. CEST), Arianespace is to launch the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Earth Explorer Biomass satellite from […]

Successful Rocket Lab launch completes deployment of full Kinéis Constellation in less than a year

Rocket Lab’s announcement: Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today successfully launched its Electron rocket, deploying five satellites to Low Earth […]

Rocket Lab ready to launch IoT 4 You and Me Kinéis 16-20 on Tuesday but weather presents challenge

Rocket Lab is scheduled to launch its fourth batch of five satellites for the French Kinéis IoT constellation designed to operate with 25 nanosatellites of 30 kg each at a […]

L3Harris ‘notches another milestone’ for the Biomass satellite as its large unfurlable mesh reflector arrives in France

L3Harris reports it has ‘notched another milestone’ in aiding the European Space Agency’s (ESA) five-year mission to better understand the state of the Earth’s forests and their role in the […]

Hispasat’s comprehensive fire protection system in three new areas reforested by Green Engine

The satellite communications operator Hispasat has rolled out its comprehensive fire management solution in a forest reforested by Green Engine, an initiative promoted by Repsol Foundation and Sylvestris. The installation […]

OHB and Satellogic’s MoU to develop joint Earth observation applications

Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL), provider of sub-meter resolution Earth Observation data (“EO”) collection, announced recently that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (“MoU”) with OHB SE, a German-based aerospace […]

Pixxel’s $36 Million in Series B funding will advance hyperspectral satellite constellation and data platform

Pixxel, a hyperspectral Earth-imaging technology, announced $36 Million in a Series B funding round with participation from new investors such as Google, along with existing investors Radical Ventures, Lightspeed, Blume […]