NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive Spacecraft
NASA Earth-observation orbiter launched in 2015 to map global surface soil moisture and detect whether soils are frozen or thawed, supporting water, energy, carbon-cycle, weather, climate, flood, and drought research.
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Identity
- Aliases
- SMAPSoil Moisture Active PassiveSMAP observatorySoil Moisture Active Passive observatory
- Family Name
- SMAP
- Full Name
- NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive Spacecraft
- Roles
- orbiterearth_observationresearch
- Status
- active
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- NASA Earth-observation orbiter launched in 2015 to map global surface soil moisture and detect whether soils are frozen or thawed, supporting water, energy, carbon-cycle, weather, climate, flood, and drought research.
- First Flight Year
- 2,015
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/smap/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 06:21:40 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 06:21:40 UTC