• SMOS at a glance
• An Earth Explorer
• Mapping soil moisture and ocean salinity
• Improving our understanding of the water cycle
• Introducing a novel use of technology
• Facts and figures
• About the satellite

  • Platform
  • Instrument
• About the launch

  • Launch site
  • Launcher
• SMOS in orbit

  • After liftoff
  • Data
• Meet the team

  • Achim Hahne, Project Manager
  • Susanne Mecklenburg, Mission Manager
  • Matthias Drusch, Mission Scientist
  • Jordi Font, Co-Lead Investigator
  • Yann Kerr, Co-Lead Investigator
  • Manuel Martin-Neira, Instrument Principal Engineer
  • Guillermo Buenadicha, Payload Operations Engineer
  • Andrés Borges, EADS CASA Espacio Payload Project Manager
  • Roger Jegou, Launch Campaign Manager
  • Norrie Wright, Payload Data Ground Segment Manager
• Multimedia
• Image gallery
• Videos
• Online resources