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SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography)

Falcon 9 Block 5

SUCCESS
Success

Friday, December 16, 2022 · 11:46 UTC

Mission

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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.

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

100%

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 5

Variant: Block 5

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 4E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

34.632° N, 120.611° W

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