{"id":31864,"date":"2025-04-09T06:41:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T01:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31864"},"modified":"2025-04-16T16:24:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T10:54:24","slug":"biomass-satellite-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/biomass-satellite-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Biomass Satellite Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Biomass Satellite Mission Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing to launch its newest space satellite, called Biomass.<\/p>\n<h2>About Biomass Satellite Mission<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>European Space Agency (ESA) <\/strong>mission to provide more accurate <strong>measurements of forest biomass<\/strong> to enhance our understanding of the <strong>carbon cycle.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It will provide detailed <strong>3D maps<\/strong> of the world&#8217;s most <strong>dense and remote tropical forests.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The mission will lift off aboard the Vega C rocket from Europe\u2019s spaceport in French Guiana.<\/li>\n<li>It will be placed in a<strong> sun-synchronous orbit (SSO)<\/strong> \u2014 a type of orbit in which satellites are in sync with the Sun \u2014 at an altitude of around 666 km.<\/li>\n<li>It is the <strong>first space satellite to carry <\/strong>a <strong>long-wavelength radar, called P-band.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This special radar means that it can <strong>scan deep through the forest canopy<\/strong> and collect <strong>information on different parts<\/strong> of the forest, such as tree trunks, branches, and stems, <strong>where trees store most of their carbon.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This will allow the satellite to provide experts on the ground with new information on forest height and above-ground forest biomass from space.<\/li>\n<li>Scientists will then be able to find out more about the state of our forests and how they are changing, and further our <strong>knowledge about the role that forests play in the carbon cycle.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Biomass Satellite Mission FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. What is the mission of biomass?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. It is designed to study forests and their role in the carbon cycle using advanced radar technology.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. How long is the biomass mission?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. The Biomass launch is expected in 2025 and is planned to be a five-year mission.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. Which organization is responsible for the BIOMASS satellite mission?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. European Space Agency (ESA)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/newsround\/articles\/cjewv32ed1qo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BBC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biomass Satellite Mission by ESA aims to provide precise forest biomass data to improve understanding of the global carbon cycle and climate change impact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":31865,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31864","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}