2022-173 Success
Falcon 9 Block 5 | SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography)
Dec 16, 2022, 11:46 AM UTC
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Vehicle
Falcon 9
Agency
SpaceX
Site / Pad
VSFBS / SLC4E
Outcome
Success
Flight
194/B1071.6 F191
COSPAR Designator
2022-173
Mission
SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) (Earth Science)
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.
Vehicle & Provider
Rocket
Falcon 9 Block 5
Provider
SpaceX
Agency launches
209 (57 YTD)
Site launches
708 (15 YTD)
Pad launches
99 (12 YTD)