First SMOS data received
By Tim Hewison, posted on November 25th, 2009 in Earth Observation, Technology
Originally Published by Observing the Earth
This image is the first data sent to Earth by the MIRAS instrument on ESA’s SMOS satellite, launched on 2 November. It was acquired as part of the initial functional verification test since the instrument was switched on on Tuesday.
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