Orbited ESA's Biomass Earth Explorer satellite from Kourou into sun-synchronous orbit; the mission carries the first spaceborne P-band synthetic aperture radar to map the world's forests in 3D and measure the carbon stored in them.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.1 T
- Flight
- 4th
- of 8 Vega-C flights
- Date and time
- 29 April 2025, 09:15 UTC
- Rocket
- Vega-C
- Builder
- Avio
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV), Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2025-090
- Launches in 2025
- 93rd of 329
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