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JPL Open House Earth Sciences Exhibits
Visiting Scout uses a color-coded, calibrated stick to determine "sea surface topography" within a wooden box while his sister records his results by placing stickers on a card.
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Probing the Depths of "SWOT in a Box"
An artist’s concept of the SWOT spacecraft (March 2012).
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An artist’s concept of the SWOT spacecraft (March 2012).
SWOT Spacecraft (Artist Concept)
The first 90 days of the SWOT science mission will be flown in a "fast-sampling" phase that revisits specific areas once per day. This phase will begin after a 90-day commissioning phase for engine...
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This image shows a map of the 1-day repeat orbit that will occur during the calibration-validation (CalVal) phase for SWOT.
SWOT 1-Day Repeat Orbit
NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for SWOT.
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SpaceX Launch Vehicle
SpaceX Launch Vehicle
A view of SWOT from inside a U.S. Air Force C-17 aircraft, as it was being loaded en route to Thales Alenia Space near Cannes, France.
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A view from inside the plane as the SWOT instrument is being loaded on.
A view of SWOT as it was being loaded into a U.S. Air Force C-17 aircraft en route to Thales Alenia Space near Cannes, France.
Engineers integrate separate parts of the SWOT satellite into one in a Thales Alenia Space clean room facility in Cannes, France.
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A Photo from a high vantage point showing parts of the SWOT satellite being integrated in a clean room in France
Part of the SWOT satellite's science instrument payload in a clean room at a Thales facility.
AirSWOT is using parts of Saskatchewan as a testing ground for mapping water levels.
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The Saskatchewan River and Prairie Potholes
The Saskatchewan River and Prairie Potholes
SWOT will collect data across a 75-mile (120-kilometer) wide swath, with a gap in the center for an altimetry track. This animation shows the collection of data over the state of Florida, which is ...
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An animation showing how SWOT will collect data once it is in space.
This animation shows a simulation of SWOT collecting data over the state of Florida.
Emblem for the SWOT mission.
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Emblem for the SWOT mission.
SWOT Emblem
Teams from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California and the March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County, California, loaded the scientific payload for the SWOT Earth-observing satelli...
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Team members pushing the  SWOT scientific payload onto an airplane for transport to France.
SWOT's scientific payload loading into a U.S. Air Force C-17 airplane for transport to Cannes, France.
SWOT leaving NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, en route to March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County, California. Once the scientific payload arrived, it was sent to a Thale...
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A photo of the SWOT instrument  loaded on a truck outside of the Spacecraft Assembly Facility and the large NASA logo painted on it.
SWOT leaving NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California en route to March Air Reserve Base.
The Canadian Space Agency will contribute to the SWOT Mission by providing a high-power assembly component for SWOT’s Ka-band Radar Interferometer (KaRIn).
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Arctic
Artist’s concept of seven altimeters orbiting Earth: Jason-CS/Sentinel-6B, SWOT, Sentinel-6A, Jason 3, TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason 1 and OSTM/Jason 2.
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graphic of 7 altimeters orbiting Earth
Altimeter Series
The U.K. Space Agency will provide a part of the radar payload for SWOT.
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United Kingdom Space Agency
NASA’s Blue Marble
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NASA’s Blue Marble
NASA's Blue Marble
The SWOT satellite observatory is being jointly built by NASA and Centre National D’Études Spatiales (CNES).
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A photograph of the Varzea Forest area of Brazil (1 of 4).
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A photograph of the Varzea Forest area of Brazil (1 of 4).
Varzea Forest, Brazil
SWOT Applications Lead, Margaret Srinivasan, helps young visitors match data user types - from coastal safety officers to farmers - with pictures representing SWOT applications.
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SWOT Matching Card Game
SWOT Matching Card Game
Disappearing lakes in Barrow, Alaska.
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Disappearing lakes in Barrow, Alaska.
Disappearing Lakes in Barrow, Alaska
An artist’s concept of the SWOT spacecraft (January 2012).
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An artist’s concept of the SWOT spacecraft (January 2012).
SWOT Spacecraft (Artist Concept)
A diagram illustrating the swaths of data that SWOT will collect. 
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A diagram illustrating the swaths of data that SWOT will collect.
Diagram of SWOT Data Collection
An early rendering of the SWOT spacecraft (February 2011).
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An early rendering of the SWOT spacecraft (February 2011).
SWOT Spacecraft (Artist Concept)
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