SpaceX
SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography)
Falcon 9 Block 5
SUCCESS
Success
Friday, December 16, 2022 · 11:46 UTC
Mission
/01Satellite 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
/02Rocket
Falcon 9 Block 5
Variant: Block 5
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
34.632° N, 120.611° W
99
Pad Launches
708
Location Launches
209
Agency Launches
179
Orbital This Year