The biomass mission to track the development of tropical forests has received the go-ahead from the European Space Agency.
The satellite is expected to be launched in 2020, and will become the seventh mission in the agency’s earth explorer series, according to a statement on 19 February.
The goal of the mission is to study the state of tropical forests around the world to see how they are being affected by climate change.
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