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Satellite:
SMOS
Satellite details
Acronym
SMOS
Full name
Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity
Satellite Description
Single flight unit of the SMOS programme.
Main missions: sea surface salinity and soil moisture.
Mass at launch
658 kg
Dry mass
630 kg
Power
685 W
Data access link
https://smos-ds-02.eo.esa.int/oads/access/
Data access information
Data available through the user service of ESA/ESRIN in Frascati.
Orbit
Sunsynchronous orbit
Altitude
755 km
ECT
06:00 asc
Space agency
ESA
, CDTI , CNES
Status
Operational
Details on Status (as
available)
Launch
02 Nov 2009
EOL
≥2025
Last update:
2022-03-28
Associated satellite programme and related satellites
Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational ,
blue tag : future
Satellite Payload
All known Instruments flying on
SMOS
Acronym
Full name
GPS
GPS Receiver
MIRAS
Microwave Imaging Radiometer using Aperture Synthesis
STA
Star Tracker Assembly
Show instrument status and calibration
Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
SMOS
* The information in this field is estimated or assumed
Telecommunication frequency or microwave sensing channel information Show expert details
Service
Dir or Mode
Frequency
Emission designator
Bandwidth
Polarisation
D/A
Data rate or Baseband
Comments
MIRAS
passive
1413.5 MHz
19000 kHz
H&V
A
Forward looking interferometric radiometer