Thursday, 22 January 2015

Five Things about NASA's SMAP

Satellite in a Can



The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission, scheduled for launch on Jan. 29, will measure the moisture in Earth's soil with greater accuracy and higher resolution than any preceding mission, producing a global map of soil moisture every three days.










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