ESA's SMOS water mission goes live

Friday, May 21, 2010 - 09:50 in Astronomy & Space

ESA's SMOS satellite completed its six-month commissioning this week and formally began operational life. This milestone means the mission is now set to provide much-needed global images of soil moisture and ocean salinity to improve our understanding of the water cycle.

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