With this device aims to save the forests: how does it work?

Forests are the lungs of the world and are vital to regulating the planet’s climate. However, their continuous felling and fires deteriorate the situation of climate change, so scientists are looking for ways to maintain the condition of all the forests in the world. This is exactly what the new satellite will be made from space.

« Satelite is the seventh Earth explorer who will perform the missions of the European Space Agency related to the Earth’s education. It aims to observe carbon dioxide flows and the role of forests with harmful gas. This is very relevant in these days of climate change, when the rainforests play an important role, » said Simonetta Cheli.

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An advanced radar will capture detailed information about tree leaves, trunks and even root structures.

When entering orbit, the satellite will use the latest technology for the measuring forest height and the mass of trees.

This information can be very important to understand how much carbon dioxide accumulates and how it works.

« Forests today make up about a third of our planet, and 75 % of forests are tropical forests that are difficult for a person to enter. It is important for us to see not only the exterior of the trees but also their roots, and this new satellite will allow us to do so, » Cheli explained.

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The radar operates by sending impulses to the ground and analyzing signals that bounce, creating the first picture of the crown and forest density. He will visit places up to seven times, gradually revealing the entire internal structure of the forests.

« This time the start -up is slightly different from the usual. The satellites are usually run at night, but this mission, which has to reach 666 kilometers of sun synchronous orbit, will have to start early in the morning.

Launch will occur in the coming days.