European Space Agency launches flood-predicting, earth monitoring satellite
On Sunday (the first of November) the European Space Agency launched a new satellite from a Russian rocket. This one, named the European Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite has a few very important jobs to do. For the next 3-5 years, the satellite will gather data about the circulation patterns in Earth’s oceans and the moisture in its soil. The collected information will hopefully be used to forecast weather patterns such as droughts and flood risks.
The measurements gathered by the SMOS probe can be used to track ocean circulation patterns and soil moisture — data that can be used to quickly predict drought and flood risk in certain areas, as well as the intricacies of the planet’s climate cycle. Over the next 3-5 years, SMOS’s data will be collected by a device dubbed MIRAS, or the large Microwave Imaging Radiometer with Aperture Synthesis.
Hopefully, the SMOS satellite will fare better than NASA’s carbon dioxide-mapping satellite, which crashed to Earth shortly after launching earlier this year. Next up for the European Space Agency: the launch of Proba-2, a satellite being launched to show off new lithium-ion batteries, solar panels, micro-cameras, and GPS receivers.
Read full details with video here : dailymail.co.uk
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