Argentina is launching a new microwave imaging satellite to monitor natural disasters and soil moisture in a long-term bid to bolster the farm sector, an industry that has historically been the backbone of the country’s economy. Scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on October 6, Argentina’s Saocom 1a satellite “is going to boost the high-quality precision agriculture Argentina relies on,” President Mauricio Macri told farmers and industry representatives…