SMAP

 2015-003A

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Soil Moisture Active and Passive Observatory. JPL mission with radar to measure soil properties. Global maps of soil moisture. LTDN 0600 Cyl with boom and large 6 m dish; built in house at JPL. Part of NASA Earth Systematic Missions Program.

SMAP
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2015 Jan 31	1422:00	Launch by Delta 7320	V SLCwW
		T+1:05 SRM off
		T+1:39 SRM sep
		T+4:22 MECO
		T+4:28 St 1 sep
		T+4:28? SEIG-1
		T+4:55 Fairing
	1432:44	T+10:44 SECO-1	185 x 709 x 98
	1513:38	T+51:38 SEIG-2
	1513:50	T+51:50 SECO-2
	1518:51	T+56:51 St 2 sep	661 x 685 km x 98.12
	1601:52	T+1:39:52 SES-3
	1602:00	T+1:40:00 SECO-3	440 x 670 x 99.12
	1607	T+1:45:07 PPOD-1 deploy FIREBIRD
	1608	T+1:46:47 PPOD2 deploy GRIFEX
	1610	T+1:48:27 PPOD3 deploy Exocube
	1614	T+1:52:30 SES-4 deorbit
	1615	T+1:53:18 SECO-4
	1632?	T+2:10 Delta reentry
		Orbit raising	685 x 685 km x 98.2
2015 Jul 7		radar issues

Payload:

• SMAP active radar 1.26 GHz L-band (JPL/Yueh?)

• SMAP Radiometer 1.4 GHz, L-band (GSFC/O'Neill)