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Extended Mission

SMAP

SMAP measures soil moisture and freeze-thaw state, data that improves drought tracking, flood forecasting and climate studies. Its spinning antenna made it visually distinctive in orbit.

Technical specifications

3D model is aproximate

CATEGORY

Earth Science

TYPE

Earth Observation

COUNTRY

United States

OPERATOR

NASA

LAUNCH DATE

Jan 31, 2015

LAUNCH SITE

Vandenberg

ORBIT CLASS

LEO

ALTITUDE · KM

682

ORBITAL PERIOD · MIN

98.4

INCLINATION · DEG

98.13

APOGEE · KM

683

PERIGEE · KM

681

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