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With the amount of Pb and jelly consumed in the USA I’m surprised lead poisoning isn’t more common.
And surely it’d be too hard to eat?
It’s time for ESA’s BIOMASS satellite to launch!
You can watch it here:
https://www.youtube.com/live/EEhmFO_Y_WE?si=WgzQOk-h5Ev5-QeJ
On Tuesday the European Space Agency plan to launch BIOMASS, their new Earth Explorer satellite!
ESA invited me to film the next Matt Gray is Trying with the BIOMASS Spaceflight Operations team as they practiced for the big day a few weeks ago!
Designed to get crucial info about our forests, it's the first P-Band RADAR in space.
You can watch the launch live on Tuesday 29th April at 0915 UTC (1015 BST, 1115 CEST)
And Matt Gray is Trying: Spaceflight Operations should come out at some point next month!
https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/Biomass/Watch_Biomass_launch_live
ESA's Biomass mission is on the launch pad at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Don’t miss the live coverage of liftoff on Tuesday 29 April, on ESA WebTV. Coverage will start at 10:55 CEST with commentary live from Kourou and ESA’s European Space Operations Centre in Germany. The Vega-C rocket carrying Biomass is scheduled for liftoff at 11:15.
On Tuesday the European Space Agency plan to launch BIOMASS, their new Earth Explorer satellite!
ESA invited me to film the next Matt Gray is Trying with the BIOMASS Spaceflight Operations team as they practiced for the big day a few weeks ago!
Designed to get crucial info about our forests, it's the first P-Band RADAR in space.
While most will cheer, clap, & relax when the launch is over, the Satellite Operations Team are only getting started.
During this Launch & Early Orbit Phase, they gradually test and switch on the various parts of the satellite, unfold its solar panels & antennae, and steer it into its final orbit.
The EU is introducing an energy label for phones, together with mandatory requirements for phones sold in the EU;
- 5 years of software updates (AFTER they stop selling the device in the EU)
- providing important hardware parts (during sale and for 7 years after), including free software (if needed), to every repair shop, within 5-10 business days
- batteries have to make 800 charging cycles and still be above 80% original capacity
And on top of that, phones and tablets need this energy label (which also includes a fall damage durability and repairability score), and abide by the above requirements, from 20 June 2025.
(https://energy-efficient-products.ec.europa.eu/product-list/smartphones-and-tablets_en)
Product Energy Efficiency - Smartphones and Tablets. The 2023 regulations cover smartphones, feature phones, cordless phones and slate tablets. They do not apply to tablet computers, to products with flexible main display (roll-up), and to smartphones for high security communication. Energy labelling is foreseen only for smartphones and slate tablets.
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