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Arctic Lakes
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May 8, 2014
Arctic Lakes
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An artist’s concept of the SWOT spacecraft (January 2012).
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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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A banner explaining the purpose of the SWOT mission, created and displayed during testing.
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Part of the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite's science instrument payload sits in a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory during assembly.
Part of the SWOT satellite's science instrument payload in a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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SWOT's scientific payload loading into a U.S. Air Force C-17 airplane for transport to Cannes, France.
SWOT is being jointly developed by NASA and Centre National D’Études Spatiales (CNES).
Centre National D'Études Spatiales
Alaska lakes.
Alaska Lakes
The SWOT satellite observatory is being jointly built by NASA and Centre National D’Études Spatiales (CNES).
NASA
NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for SWOT.
SpaceX Launch Vehicle
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Soccer Nets on a levee in the Amazon
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SWOT 1-Day Repeat Orbit
Emblem for the SWOT mission.
SWOT Emblem
This SWOT "Bannerbug" exhibit was created for display during hardware tests conducted during an eleven-day period in October 2008.
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SWOT Spacecraft Bus
Artist's impression of the future SWOT satellite making sea surface height observations, even through clouds.
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