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The second objective was to evaluate current satellite technology (i.e., small CubeSats and traditional large satellites) in combination with the electronic RPM as an accurate tool for systematic pasture monitoring. The experiment was conducted from October to December 2019 at Camden, Australia. Two experimental paddocks, each of 1.1 ha, were sown with annual ryegrass and monitored with an electronic RPM integrated with Global Navigation Satellite System and with two different satellites (Planet CubeSats and Sentinel-2 satellite). Here we show that 70 RPM readings achieve a \u00b1 5% error in the pasture biomass estimations (kg DM\/ha), with no effect of the walking pattern on accuracy. The normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) derived from satellites showed a good correlation with pasture biomass estimated using the electronic RPM (R2 0.74\u20130.94). Satellite pasture biomass and growth rate estimations were similar to RPM in one regrowth period but underestimated by \u224820% in the other. Our results also reveal that the accuracy of uncalibrated satellites (i.e., biomass estimated using NDVI to kg DM\/ha standard equations) is low (R2 0.61, RMSE 566\u20131307 kg DM\/ha). However, satellites calibrated with a RPM showed greater accuracy in the estimations (R2 0.72, RMSE 255 kg DM\/ha). Current satellite technology, when used with the electronic RPM, has the potential to not only reduce the time required to monitor pasture biomass manually but provide finer scale measurements of pasture biomass within paddocks. 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