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New Satellite Will Help USDA Provide More Information to Farmers

November 09, 2011 Ann Mills, Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment

Satellites orbiting the Earth help us in countless ways. For example, they allow the GPS in our smartphones to tell us where we are located and they help us watch football games on weekends. And now a new NASA satellite scheduled for launch in 2014—the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) instrument...

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