Soil Moisture Active Passive Mission Satellite (1 of 3) (IMAGE)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Soil Moisture Active Passive Mission Satellite (1 of 3)

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The orbiting SMAP satellite will make simultaneous radiometer and radar measurements using a shared reflector antenna that is rotated to scan the Earth surface. The large 6 meter in diameter reflector is made up of light-weight deployable mesh material that stows for launch in the rocket enclosure.

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Image Courtesy of NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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