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ESAMeet FLEX! 🌱 Our Fluorescence Explorer mission is going to see the faint fluorescence emitted by plants as they photosynthesise. Equipped with a Fluorescence Imaging Spectrometer, FLEX will detect and measure this tiny glow from orbit. As fluorescence varies with plant health and environmental conditions, the measurements will give scientists new information about photosynthetic activity and vegetation stress on a global scale. FLEX is expected to produce global maps of vegetation fluorescence, offering a new way to study how plants interact with the atmosphere and how carbon and water move through Earth’s ecosystems. FLEX will be launching together with Sentinel-3C on a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Liftoff is set for 15 September at 03:21 CEST (14 September at 22:21 local time). 📹 European Space Agency (ESA) #ESA #EarthObservation #Satellite
On the profile · Sept 10, 14:45