A satellite with a 40-foot extendable antenna has launched into space with a giant mission: to map all of the world’s forests — ecosystems that are crucial for absorbing carbon and slowing ...

More accurate maps based on data from the SWOT mission can improve underwater navigation and result in greater knowledge of ...

The 1.2-tonne satellite will use an approach not dissimilar to that used in a CT scan, and analyse slices through the trees ...

From its orbit at an altitude of 666 kilometres, the satellite will continuously produce global maps, enabling climate scientists to monitor changes and developments in the world’s forests.

A satellite conceived at the University of Sheffield and ... Credit: ESA-CNES-ARIANESPACE/Optique vidéo du CSG–T. Leduc World’s first mission to map the globe’s forests in 3D from space will use ...

and the satellite will make a "series of intricate maneuvers" to deploy a nearly 40-foot-wide mesh reflector. That reflector will receive data from the world's forests, the ESA said. Forests on ...