CNES's SWOT teams are involved in data production, verification, and satellite programming.
WEkEO users will soon access new sources of information including data from missions such as CFOSAT and SWOT.
The first stage booster supporting the Transporter-8 mission previously launched NROL-87, NROL-85, SARah-1, SWOT, and four Starlink missions.
The SWOT satellite was launched on 2022-12-16, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Flann Microwave was selected by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 2015 to provide critical hardware for the high-resolution radar components on the SWOT satellite.
Thales Alenia Space was contracted by the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales to manufacture the SWOT satellite bus and conduct final assembly, integration, and test.
The SWOT satellite is targeted to launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
SWOT will operate from a unique non-sun-synchronous orbit to measure the height of water in lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and oceans in higher definition than previously achieved.
Flann Microwave was selected by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 2015 to provide critical hardware for the high-resolution radar components on the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite.
The SWOT satellite launched on 2022-12-16 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
The SWOT satellite is jointly developed and managed by NASA, the French Space Agency, the Canadian Space Agency, and the UK Space Agency.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launched the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) spacecraft on 2022-12-16.
Thales Alenia Space built the SWOT spacecraft bus provided by CNES.
SpaceX postponed the SWOT launch from 2022-12-15 to 2022-12-16 to perform inspections of two first-stage engines where moisture was noticed.
The Canadian Space Agency and the United Kingdom Space Agency contributed components to SWOT valued at about $26,000,000 combined.
NASA cleared the SWOT launch on late 2022-12-15 after inspections without requiring an engine replacement.
The SWOT satellite is targeted to launch 2022-12 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite will obtain power from solar cells built by Spectrolab, Inc.
Thales Alenia Space was contracted by the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) to manufacture the SWOT satellite bus and conduct the final assembly, integration, and test.
The SWOT spacecraft is set to launch on a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on 2022-12-15 following a three-day delay to provide additional time for prelaunch processing.