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Soil Moisture Active Passive
NASA environmental monitoring satellite. Soil Moisture Active Passive was launched on January 31, 2015 aboard a Delta 7320-10C from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2015-003ANORAD 40376United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- SMAP
- Common name
- Soil Moisture Active Passive
- Other names
- NAIF205
- International designator
- 2015-003A
- NORAD catalog number
- 40376
- GCAT identifier
- S40376
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/762
Mission
- Mission type
- Earth science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Earth Sci
- Owner
- JPL
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Jet Propulsion Lab
- Platform (bus)
- SMAP
Launch
- Date
- January 31, 2015 · 14:22 UTC
- Launch record
- 2015-003Success
- Rocket
- Delta 7320-10C
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC2W
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 660 km
- Apogee
- 686 km
- Inclination
- 98.13°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
- End of operations
- June 2018
Size
- Mass
- 944 kg
- Dry mass
- 863 kg
- Length
- 4.8 m
- Diameter
- 1.70 m
- Span
- 9.7 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q3459718 (CC0).