• Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 24th, 2010
SMOS Officially Begins Science Missions

SMOS Officially Begins Science Missions

After six months of commissioning

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 14th, 2010
Ground Network Provides SMOS Data Confirmation

Ground Network Provides SMOS Data Confirmation

To test the satellite's accuracy

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 29th, 2010
Two ESA Satellites Feature Fiber Optics Systems

Two ESA Satellites Feature Fiber Optics Systems

The technology has not been used in space extensively

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 10th, 2010
Ground Measurements Confirm First SMOS Results

Ground Measurements Confirm First SMOS Results

The satellite has been in orbit for a relatively short time

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 24th, 2010
SMOS Satellite Sends Back First Images

SMOS Satellite Sends Back First Images

Only four months after launch

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 20th, 2009
SMOS Begins Its Science Operations

SMOS Begins Its Science Operations

The ESA satellite was deployed this month

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 4th, 2009
SMOS Successfully Deployed

SMOS Successfully Deployed

Its three-antenna arms are working properly

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 2nd, 2009
Success: SMOS Launches to Earth's Orbit

Success: SMOS Launches to Earth's Orbit

A Russian missile has carried the satellite

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 28th, 2009
Meet SMOS, the First Hydrological Satellite

Meet SMOS, the First Hydrological Satellite

It will map the Earth's moisture levels

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 19th, 2009
SMOS Safely Delivered to Plesetsk Cosmodrome

SMOS Safely Delivered to Plesetsk Cosmodrome

The satellite came all the way from France

 
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