SMOS Program
ESA's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission is an active Earth Explorer that maps global soil moisture over land and ocean salinity to improve understanding of Earth's water cycle, weather, and climate. Launched on 2 November 2009, its MIRAS L-band interferometric radiometer continues producing Earth-observation data.
Identity
- Aliases
- SMOSSoil Moisture and Ocean SalinitySMOS mission
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Name
- SMOS Program
- Status
- active
- Types
- scienceresearchoperations
Details
- Description
- ESA's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission is an active Earth Explorer that maps global soil moisture over land and ocean salinity to improve understanding of Earth's water cycle, weather, and climate. Launched on 2 November 2009, its MIRAS L-band interferometric radiometer continues producing Earth-observation data.
- Leads
- Participants
- -
- Start Date
- 2009-11-02
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 15:58:59 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 15:58:59 UTC