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May 13, 2014
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Pictured are team members who helped load the hardware for the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite's research instruments onto a C-17 airplane pose for a picture. The payload left M...
Team members who helped load the hardware onto a C-17 aircraft for SWOT's transfer from Southern, Calif. to Cannes France.
A banner explaining the purpose of the SWOT mission, created and displayed during testing.
Understanding Surface Water Characteristics and Ocean Dynamics
SWOT will provide NASA’s first global survey of Earth’s surface water.
SWOT (Animated Gif)
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...
SWOT's scientific payload loading into a U.S. Air Force C-17 airplane for transport to Cannes, France.
Floodplain Channel in the Amazon
Floodplain Channel in the Amazon
An early rendering of the SWOT spacecraft (February 2011).
SWOT Spacecraft (Artist Concept)
Alaska lakes.
Alaska Lakes
A photograph of the Amazon River Delta, captured by Landsat in 2006.
Landsat view of Amazon Delta
A photograph of the Varzea Forest area of Brazil (1 of 4).
Varzea Forest, Brazil
AirSWOT plays a key role in SWOT mission development. It allows scientists to study interferometric data before launch and thus be prepared to effectively interpret SWOT data after launch.
AirSWOT Platform
NASA’s Blue Marble
NASA's Blue Marble
SWOT's nominal coverage during its 3-year science orbit will include measurements between 78°N and 78°S collected over a period of 21 days. Maps show the coverage after 3 days (left) and the full 2...
SWOT Science Orbit
The U.K. Space Agency will provide a part of the radar payload for SWOT.
United Kingdom Space Agency
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...
SWOT 1-Day Repeat Orbit
An alternate logo for the Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission.
SWOT Mission Logo with Full Text
NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for SWOT.
SpaceX Launch Vehicle
The logo for the Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission.
SWOT Mission Logo
Emblem for the SWOT mission.
SWOT Emblem
An artist’s concept of the SWOT spacecraft (March 2012).
SWOT Spacecraft (Artist Concept)
Artist's impression of the future SWOT satellite making sea surface height observations, even through clouds.
Artist's Impression of the SWOT Satellite
Siberian Lakes
Siberian Lakes
A Flooded Forest in the Amazon
A Flooded Forest in the Amazon
A diagram illustrating the swaths of data that SWOT will collect.
Diagram of SWOT Data Collection
SWOT is being jointly developed by NASA and Centre National D’Études Spatiales (CNES).
Centre National D'Études Spatiales
This image shows sea surface heights off the northern California coast in August 2023 as measured by the SWOT satellite.
SWOT Monitors Warming Waters Off California Coast
