The European Space Agency (ESA) has blasted its Biomass satellite into space — and it could change everything we know about ...

including the activation of its 12-meter-long radar antenna and solar arrays. While the satellite is still in its commissioning phase, these early images underscore its potential to deliver ...

compared to a reference power density at a distance of 1 meter from the radar antenna. Base reflectivity images are available at several different elevation angles (tilts) of the antenna ...

(British Official Photo/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images ... and terrain. The radar dish or antenna transmits pulses of radio waves or microwaves that bounce off any object in their path.