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Q1: What is the name of the company mentioned in the text?
A1: The company mentioned in the text is GSTP (HFS) Private Ltd.
Q2: What is the purpose of ESA's Biomass mission?
A2: The purpose of ESA's Biomass mission is to help quantify the global carbon cycle, understand how forests are changing, and provide data to advance Earth science and our understanding of the carbon cycle.
Q3: What type of satellite is ESA's Biomass?
A3: ESA's Biomass is an Earth Explorer satellite that carries a Pband synthetic aperture radar instrument, which can penetrate through the forest canopy to measure 'biomass', meaning the woody trunks, branches and stems where trees store most of their carbon.
Q4: What is the main objective of the Biomass mission?
A4: The main objective of the Biomass mission is to reduce major uncertainties in calculations of carbon stocks and fluxes on land, including carbon fluxes associated with landuse change, forest degradation, and forest regrowth.
Q5: Who is the primary contractor for ESA's Biomass mission?
A5: The primary contractor for ESA's Biomass mission is Airbus in the UK.
Q6: How many countries and companies have been involved in the development and testing of ESA's Biomass satellite?
A6: The development and testing of ESA's Biomass satellite have involved 20 countries and more than 50 companies.
Q7: What is the expected launch date for ESA's Biomass satellite?
A7: The expected launch date for ESA's Biomass satellite is April, with liftoff slated for this spring.
Q8: What is the name of the instrument engineered by L3Harris in the US for ESA's Biomass satellite?
A8: The instrument engineered by L3Harris in the US for ESA's Biomass satellite is a 12meterwide wire mesh reflector, which is folded up and ready for shipment and launch.
Q9: What are the three "accelerators" that contribute to sustainability and resilience on Earth and in space, according to ESA?
A9: The three accelerators are: (1) "Space for a Green Future", which helps monitor, understand, model, and predict climate change; (2) "Rapid and Resilient Crisis Response", which creates a spacepowered system for realtime crisis management; and (3) "Protection of Space Assets", which keeps satellites safe from natural hazards and protects infrastructure from the damaging effects of space weather.
Q10: What is ESA's vision to accelerate the use of space?
A10: ESA's vision is to accelerate the use of space to help tackle global challenges stemming from climate change and a rapidly shifting geopolitical landscape, by providing decision makers, industry, and society with the support they need to reach policy objectives and tackle wider societal challenges more effectively.