Team in front of SMOS

Team leaders from Thales Alenia Space, ESA and CNES in front of the SMOS satellite on 21 September 2009. EADS-CASA was not yet present, but as they were with us in spirit Jose Azcarate from ESA stood in. The satellite is held on in the transit container undergoing its first inspection after arriving at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia. The SMOS baby was found okay.