NASA's Soil Moisture Mapper Takes First 'SMAPshots'
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 13, 2015 - Fresh off the recent successful deployment of its 20-foot (6-meter) reflector antenna and associated boom arm, NASA's new Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory has successfully completed a two-day test of its science instruments. The observatory's radar and radiometer instruments were successfully operated for the first time with SMAP's antenna in a non-spinning mode on Feb. 27 a ... more

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