Launch News SMOS and Proba-2 launch : Monday 2 November, 2009.

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ESA: Proba-2 soaks up three solar eclipses

SpaceRef: Proba-2 Soaks Up Three Solar Eclipses

Universe today: Spacecraft Witnesses Solar Eclipse x 3

SPACE.com: Satellite Sees Solar Eclipse from Space in Video

 

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ESA: SMOS sees triple superstorms:

22 October 2013

ESA’s versatile water mission tracked Asia’s recent storms over land and sea.

Over the past three weeks, tropical cyclone activity has intensified over the seas bordering southern and eastern Asia.

Cyclone Phailin began forming on 4 October in the Gulf of Thailand, before moving northwest across the Bay of Bengal and making landfall in northern India. The storm affected about 12 million people and claimed dozens of lives.

Typhoons Nari and Wipha subsequently formed on 8 October: Nari west of the Philippines and Wipha east of Guam. Nari displaced tens of thousands of people in the Philippines and Vietnam, while Wipha lashed Japan’s east coast.

During all three superstorms, ESA’s Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity satellite, SMOS, captured snapshots of surface wind speeds under the intense storms.

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SpaceRef: Proba-2 Views Hybrid Solar Eclipse

ESA:

 

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Czech Republic drought visible from space

http://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/SMOS/Czech_Republic_drought_visible_from_space