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Laser reflector 3 mirrors2/13/2023 ![]() This program started with the TOPEX/POSEIDON mission which launched in August 1992 onboard an Ariane 42P H10 launch vehicle. SWOT is the latest in a series of satellites to map Earth’s waters in a partnership between NASA and CNES. The mission is currently scheduled for launch no earlier than November 2022. ![]() SWOT will launch on top of a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) in California. The SWOT mission will be the first-ever global surveyor of all of Earth’s water and study how bodies of water change over time. SWOT is a joint NASA and CNES mission with contributions by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and the United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA). With less than one year to launch, France’s Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) and NASA are completing the final spacecraft assembly of the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) spacecraft.
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