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Earth Observation [3]
November 2, 2009 Launch of SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) one of ESA's Living Planet
Programme aiming at providing new insights into Earth's water cycle and climate and improved
weather forecasting and monitoring snow and ice accumulation. Cancelled with special postmark
"Plesetsk cosmodrome" and with Mirnyi black standard postal cancel.
April 3, 2014. Launch of SENTINEL 1A, the first of the new fleet of satellites for ESA‟s Earth Observation
Programme, designed and developed in Italy. Cover cancelled at Kourou with standard postmark
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