Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity

Summary

Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity is an Earth observation satellite^[1]. It draws 11 Wikipedia views per month (earth_observation_satellite category, ranking #37 of 214).^[2]

Key Facts

• Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity's image is recorded as SMOS scale model (7628219434) (2).jpg^[3].
• Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity's instance of is recorded as Earth observation satellite^[4].
• Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity's operator is recorded as European Space Agency^[5].
• Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity's followed by is recorded as ADM-Aeolus^[6].
• Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity's manufacturer is recorded as Alcatel Space^[7].
• Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2009-059A^[8].
• Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity's part of is recorded as Living Planet Programme^[9].
• Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity's space launch vehicle is recorded as Rokot^[10].
• Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity's SCN is recorded as 36036^[11].
• Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity's parent astronomical body is recorded as Earth^[12].
• Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array^[13].
• Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity's type of orbit is recorded as Sun-synchronous orbit^[14].
• Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2009-11-02T00:00:00Z^[15].
• Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04cxz02^[16].
• Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity's spacecraft bus is recorded as PROTEUS^[17].
• Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[18].
• Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity's official website is recorded as https://www.esa.int/SMOS^[19].
• Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity's launch contractor is recorded as Eurockot Launch Services^[20].
• Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0001149'}^[21].
• Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity's space tug is recorded as Briz-KM^[22].
• Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0282454^[23].
• Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity's start point is recorded as Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 133^[24].
• Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+98.4438'}^[25].
• Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2.4'}^[26].
• Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+658'}^[27].

Why It Matters

Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity draws 11 Wikipedia views per month (earth_observation_satellite category, ranking #37 of 214).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]