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New Satellite to Monitor Soil, Ocean
October 31, 2009 | Natural Environment Research Council

A new satellite is scheduled to launch from Russia’s Plesetsk Cosmodrome on November 2. It will be able to measure soil moisture and ocean salinity from orbit.


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