(Admin note: Launch delayed by 24 hours to Dec 16)
Launch Date: December 15
Launch Window: 3:46 am PST (6:46 EST, 11:46 UTC)
Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
Core Booster Recovery: RTLS - LZ-4
Booster: B1071.6
Fairings: Reused
Mass: 2200 kg
Orbit: LEO - Geocentric
Yearly Launch Number: 57th
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission for NASA. SWOT is a science mission jointly developed by NASA and CNES, the French space agency, to measure how much water is in Earth’s oceans, lakes, and rivers.
swot.jpl.nasa.gov
Launch Date: December 15
Launch Window: 3:46 am PST (6:46 EST, 11:46 UTC)
Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
Core Booster Recovery: RTLS - LZ-4
Booster: B1071.6
Fairings: Reused
Mass: 2200 kg
Orbit: LEO - Geocentric
Yearly Launch Number: 57th
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission for NASA. SWOT is a science mission jointly developed by NASA and CNES, the French space agency, to measure how much water is in Earth’s oceans, lakes, and rivers.
![swot.jpl.nasa.gov](https://swot.jpl.nasa.gov/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBWlE9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--5f589421032e76dc699ddcb52dce0d7a5b62d208/88_81_11_ocean20161122-16_(1).jpg)
Home – NASA SWOT
SWOT: NASA's first global survey of Earth's surface water, providing data for clean air and water, extreme events, and long-term environmental changes
![swot.jpl.nasa.gov](https://swot.jpl.nasa.gov/favicon-32x32.png)
![en.wikipedia.org](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/SWOT_spacecraft_model.png/1200px-SWOT_spacecraft_model.png)
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