Argentina is to launch a microwave imaging satellite to bolster the agricultural industry by monitoring natural disaster and soil erosion . The satellite is scheduled to launch on 6 October from Argentina on a SpaceX Falcon rocket . The $ 600 m satellite will provide soil and subsurface mapping data to help farmers increase yields , using radar antennae technology to gain access to a real time ' water map ' , and improve the prediction of harvest yields , floods , and droughts , according to the government . The government announced earlier this month it would institute fiscal belt-tightening measures, including a tax on the country’s primary exports like corn, wheat, and soy. Unlike its previous optical imaging satellites , this one will provide precision X - ray and microwave imagery regardless of weather or time of day .
Argentina is to launch a microwave imaging satellite to bolster the agricultural industry by monitoring natural disaster and soil erosion . The satellite is scheduled to launch on 6 October from Argentina on a SpaceX Falcon rocket . The $ 600 m satellite will provide soil and subsurface mapping data to help farmers increase yields , using radar antennae technology to gain access to a real time ' water map ' , and improve the prediction of harvest yields , floods , and droughts , according to the government . Unlike its previous optical imaging satellites , this one will provide precision X - ray and microwave imagery regardless of weather or time of day .