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Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity
ESA Earth observation satellite. Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity was launched on November 2, 2009 aboard a Rokot from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2009-059ANORAD 36036European Space Agency
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- SMOS
- Common name
- Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity
- International designator
- 2009-059A
- NORAD catalog number
- 36036
- GCAT identifier
- S36036
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/619
Mission
- Mission type
- Earth science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Earth Exp
- Owner
- ESA
- Country
- European Space Agency
- Builder
- Thales Alenia Space
- Platform (bus)
- Proteus
Launch
- Date
- November 2, 2009 · 01:50 UTC
- Launch record
- 2009-059Success
- Rocket
- Rokot
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC133/3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 758 km
- Apogee
- 760 km
- Inclination
- 98.45°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
Size
- Mass
- 658 kg
- Dry mass
- 630 kg
- Length
- 2.4 m
- Diameter
- 2.30 m
- Span
- 12.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q280068 (CC0).