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2022 · SpaceX

SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography)

successFalcon 9 Block 5 | SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography)

Satellite altimeter jointly developed by NASA and CNES, the French space agency, in partnership with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and UK Space Agency (UKSA) designed to make the first global survey of the Earth's surface water, to observe the fine details of the ocean surface topography, and to measure how terrestrial surface water bodies change over time.

Overview

Date / time
December 16, 2022 at 11:46 AM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Mission
SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography)
Mission type
Earth Science
Orbit achieved
Low Earth Orbit
Launch vehicle
Falcon 9 Block 5 →
Launch provider
SpaceX →

Payloads deployed · 1

SWOT
LEO