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How NASA's Soil Moisture Satellite Works (Infographic)

Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 07:20 in Astronomy & Space

SMAP, or the Soil Moisture Active Passive satellite, will measure groundwater content and frozen/thawed state, all over the world every three days.

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