ESA - SMOS - Facts and figures

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

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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

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The SMOS instrument, Microwave Imaging Radiometer using Aperture Synthesis (MIRAS), is carried on on a generic platform called ‘Proteus’. MIRAS was built by a consortium of over 20 European companies led by EADS-CASA Espacio in Spain. Proteus was developed by the French space agency CNES and Thales Alenia Space.

Credits: ESA - AOES Medialab

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