Today, a focus at ESA’s Living Planet Symposium is on the innovative SMOS mission, which recently became operational. Early results are proving very encouraging with its first observations due to be ...

A focus at the European Space Agency's Living Planet Symposium is on the innovative Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission, which recently became operational. Early results are proving very ...

A rocket carrying the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite (2 November) blasted off successfully today at 02:50 Central European Time from Plesetsk ...

Earth observation measurements shouldn't be taken with a pinch of salt. The European Space Agency is comparing readings of sea-surface salinity from drifting floats to confirm the SMOS water mission's ...

Europe's Smos mission is slowly but surely meeting the challenge of measuring soil moisture and ocean salinity from space. The satellite, launched late last year, is attempting to make global maps of ...

Europe's "water satellite" has provided a different perspective on the floods in Pakistan. The Smos spacecraft senses the wetness of soils, and its unique instrument has detailed how the earth became ...