Wow, meant to get to this two weeks ago, but I can update with even more information. The Europeans launched a new satellite called pedantically the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission, and it successfully deployed its triple antenna system after launch, and now it's sending back data in the spin-up phase. Not only that, it's a very COOL looking satellite. Linked articles and an image follow:
Eurockot Launches SMOS And Proba-2SMOS Forms Three-Pointed Star In The SkySMOS satellite instrument comes aliveSMOS:
NASA has a similar mission in the works, with a more harmonious name (Aquarius), but it won't launch until 2010 -- hopefully. And it's not as good-looking, either.
Aquarius:
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