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Biomass launched to count forest carbon
https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/Biomass/Biomass_launched_to_count_forest_carbon
Published: April 29, 2025 10:30
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 Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in…
Mission control GO for Biomass launch
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/04/Mission_control_GO_for_Biomass_launch
Published: April 28, 2025 15:00
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Mission control GO for Biomass launch
Watch Biomass launch live
https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/Biomass/Watch_Biomass_launch_live
Published: April 24, 2025 09:50
ESA's Biomass mission is on the launch pad at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Don’t miss the live coverage of liftoff on Tuesday 29 April, on ESA WebTV. Coverage will start at 10:55 CEST with commentary live from Kourou and ESA’s European…
Simulations ongoing for Biomass launch
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/04/Simulations_ongoing_for_Biomass_launch
Published: April 23, 2025 14:53
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Simulations ongoing for Biomass launch
Final preparations for Biomass operations
https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/Final_preparations_for_Biomass_operations
Published: April 23, 2025 14:38
As the launch of the Biomass satellite approaches, the excitement is palpable at ESA’s European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany. Over the winter months, a dedicated team has been meticulously preparing for the satellite's critical…
Farewell, Gaia! Spacecraft operations come to an end
https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/Farewell_Gaia!_Spacecraft_operations_come_to_an_end
Published: March 27, 2025 10:00
The European Space Agency (ESA) has powered down its Gaia spacecraft after more than a decade spent gathering data that are now being used to unravel the secrets of our home galaxy.On 27 March 2025, Gaia’s control team at ESA’s European Space Operations…
Hera asteroid mission tested self-driving technique at Mars
https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/Hera_asteroid_mission_tested_self-driving_technique_at_Mars
Published: March 25, 2025 11:54
As ESA’s Hera planetary defence mission flew past planet Mars it autonomously locked onto dozens of impact craters and other prominent surface features to track them over time, in a full-scale test of the self-driving technology that the spacecraft will…
Hera’s incredible adventures in LEGO
https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/Hera_s_incredible_adventures_in_LEGO
Published: March 13, 2025 11:33
After a hectic four years of work ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence was launched into space and has just flown by Mars. As a keepsake of the spacecraft they channelled so much effort into, the Hera team also commissioned the building of a detailed…
Hera asteroid mission spies Mars’s Deimos moon
https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/Hera_asteroid_mission_spies_Mars_s_Deimos_moon
Published: March 13, 2025 10:59
While performing yesterday’s flyby of Mars, ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence made the first use of its payload for scientific purposes beyond Earth and the Moon. Activating a trio of instruments, Hera imaged the surface of the red planet as well as…
Sped-up simulation of Hera’s Mars flyby
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2025/03/Sped-up_simulation_of_Hera_s_Mars_flyby
Published: March 11, 2025 09:30
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On 12 March 2025 ESA’s Hera spacecraft for planetary defence performs a flyby of Mars. The gravity of the red planet shifts the spacecraft’s trajectory towards the Didymos binary asteroid system, shortening its trip by months and…