| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity satellite) |
| Country of Operator/Owner | ESA |
| Operator/Owner | Centre National d´Etudes Spatiales (CNES)/European Space Agency |
| Users | Government |
| Purpose | Earth Observation |
| Class of Orbit | LEO |
| Type of Orbit | Sun-Synchronous |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | 0 |
| Perigee (km) | 759 |
| Apogee (km) | 760 |
| Eccentricity | 7.01311452416018E-05 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 98.4 |
| Period (minutes) | 100 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 658 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | 630 |
| Power (watts) | 1065 |
| Date of Launch | 02-11-2009 |
| Expected Lifetime | 3+ yrs. |
| Contractor | Thales Alenia Space |
| Country of Contractor | France |
| Launch Site | Plesetsk Cosmodrome |
| Launch Vehicle | Breeze KM |
| COSPAR Number | 2009-059A |
| NORAD Number | 36036 |
| Comments | Mission to measure sea surface salinity and soil moisture on a global scale. |