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# ESA confirms Biomass satellite's radar antenna fully deployed in orbit
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-05-07-esa-biomass-antenna-deployment/
- Published: 2025-05-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-22T04:00:14.000Z
- Description: ESA confirmed on 7 May 2025 that Biomass's 12 metre mesh antenna, carrying the first P-band spaceborne radar, had fully deployed in orbit. The milestone came a week after the satellite's Vega-C launch from Kourou on 29 April.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [European Space Agency press release ("Forest satellite's big antenna opens up"), 7 May 2025](https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing%5Fthe%5FEarth/FutureEO/Biomass/Forest%5Fsatellite%5Fs%5Fbig%5Fantenna%5Fopens%5Fup?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This establishes a deployment milestone, not confirmed instrument performance, which awaits the commissioning phase.

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