Airbus UK to build Europe’s Biomass satellite, featuring first use of P-band radar

Airbus UK to build Europe’s Biomass satellite, featuring first use of P-band radar

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Airbus Defence and Space UK will build the European Space Agency’s Biomass forest-carbon-monitoring satellite under a contract valued at 229 million euros ($260 million), the two parties announced May 3.

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SMAP Failure Won’t Affect ESA’s Biomass Mission

SMAP Failure Won’t Affect ESA’s Biomass Mission

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A NASA satellite launched in January to measure global soil-moisture levels will do so without its primary radar, which failed in July and cannot be salvaged, the agency acknowledged in a Sept. 2 statement.

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