Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity satellite) |
Country of Operator/Owner |
ESA |
Operator/Owner |
Centre National d´Etudes Spatiales (CNES)/European Space Agency |
Users |
Government |
Purpose |
Earth Observation |
Class of Orbit |
LEO |
Type of Orbit |
Sun-Synchronous |
Longitude of GEO (degrees) |
0 |
Perigee (km) |
759 |
Apogee (km) |
760 |
Eccentricity |
7.01311452416018E-05 |
Inclination (degrees) |
98.4 |
Period (minutes) |
100 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
658 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
630 |
Power (watts) |
1065 |
Date of Launch |
02-11-2009 |
Expected Lifetime |
3+ yrs. |
Contractor |
Thales Alenia Space |
Country of Contractor |
France |
Launch Site |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome |
Launch Vehicle |
Breeze KM |
COSPAR Number |
2009-059A |
NORAD Number |
36036 |
Comments |
Mission to measure sea surface salinity and soil moisture on a global scale. |