Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Live Shot Page 1.29.15

  • Released Wednesday, January 28, 2015
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NASA scientists talk about the launch of the Soil Moisture Active Passive - or SMAP - satellite scheduled to launch on Jan 29. SMAP will take stock of the water hidden just beneath your feet, in the topsoil. Knowing how much water is in the soil, and whether it is frozen or thawed, has profound applications for society, from better forecasting of natural disasters like floods and droughts to helping prevent food shortages.

How SMAP's radiometer works.

How SMAP will help weather forecasts.

More about SMAP.

NASA TV's video file.

Animation of SMAP launching and collecting data. SMAP will produce global maps of soil moisture. Animation from NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Animation showing Earth's water cycle

Visualization of different Earth systems

Fleet of Earth observing satellites

1st stage separation.

2nd Stage Separation

SMAP Deploy

SMAP Boom Deploy

SMAP Antenna Deploy

SMAP Beauty Pass

A video about the challenges of testing the largest rotating mesh antenna ever launched into space.

Dr. John Bolten talks about the SMAP mission

SMAP Mission Video

Dr. John Bolten talks about the SMAP mission

Dr. John Bolten talks about the SMAP mission

Matthew Rodell canned interview.

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
and Jet Propulsion Laboratory

This page was originally published on Wednesday, January 28, 2015.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:50 PM EDT.

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