SWOT Mission
12/16/2022
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 first stage booster supporting the Transporter-8 mission previously launched NROL-87, NROL-85, SARah-1, SWOT, and four Starlink missions.
The University of Bristol received £206,000 to use data from NASA’s UK-backed Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission to improve global flood modeling accuracy by an order of magnitude.
The first stage booster supporting the mission is flying for the 15th time after previous launches of NROL-87, NROL-85, SARah-1, SWOT, Transporter-8, Transporter-9, and eight Starlink missions.
The first stage booster previously launched NROL-87, NROL-85, SARah-1, SWOT, Transporter-8, Transporter-9, and seven Starlink missions.
The 2024-04-01 mission was the 15th flight for the first stage booster supporting that mission, which previously launched NROL-87, NROL-85, SARah-1, SWOT, Transporter-8, Transporter-9, and nine Starlink missions.
The first stage booster supporting NROL-146 previously launched NROL-87, NROL-85, SARah-1, SWOT, Transporter-8, Transporter-9, and nine Starlink missions.
The first stage booster for NROL-146 was making its 16th flight and previously supported NROL-87, NROL-85, SARah-1, SWOT, Transporter-8, Transporter-9, and nine Starlink missions.