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European Space Agency launches flood-predicting, earth monitoring satellite
engadget.com - 11/3/2009
European Space Agency launches flood-predicting, earth monitoring satellite
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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 ...

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Switched — ... Last weekend, the European Space Agency successfully put a flood-predicting satellite into orbit around the Earth. [From: Engadget] ...

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