A computer generated image released by the European Space Agency (ESA) on October 16, 2009 of the ESA’s Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite which will make global observations of soil moisture over Earths landmasses and salinity over the oceans. The rocket is scheduled for launch on November 2 from Plesetsk in Russia.
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