SWOT

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

11:46:47

Friday December 16, 2022

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Surface Water Ocean Topography

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The Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission is a future satellite mission, jointly developed by NASA and CNES, the French space agency, in partnership with Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and UK Space Agency (UKSA). The objectives of the mission are to make the first global survey of the Earth's surface water, observe the fine details of the ocean's surface topography, and measure how terrestrial surface water bodies change over time.

Polar Orbit

1 Payload

2,000 kilograms

Rocket

Active
Falcon 9 Block 5

Active Since 2018

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Agency

SpaceX

Price

$69.75 million

Rocket

Diameter: 3.7m

Height: 70m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 22,800 kg

GTO: 8,300 kg

Liftoff Thrust

7,607 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 5.2m

Height: 13m

Stages

2

Launch Site

SLC-4E

Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Fastest Turnaround

2 days 21 hours

Stats

Falcon 9


191st

Mission

56th

Mission of 2022

SpaceX


200th

Mission

57th

Mission of 2022

2022


179th

Orbital launch attempt