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Photographers work into the night getting their cameras ready for tomorrow's scheduled launch of the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory onboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket at Space Launch Complex 2, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. SMAP is NASA’s first Earth-observing satellite designed to collect global observations of surface soil moisture and its freeze/thaw state. SMAP will provide high resolution global measurements of soil moisture from space. The data will be used to enhance scientists' understanding of the processes that link Earth's water, energy, and carbon cycles.
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Photographers work into the night getting their cameras ready for tomorrow's scheduled launch of the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory onboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket at Space Launch Complex 2, Friday, Jan. 30, 2015, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. SMAP is NASA’s first Earth-observing satellite designed to collect global observations of surface soil moisture and its freeze/thaw state. SMAP will provide high resolution global measurements of soil moisture from space. The data will be used to enhance scientists' understanding of the processes that link Earth's water, energy, and carbon cycles.
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