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Arctic
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Laurence C. Smith
Published:
May 7, 2014
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NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for SWOT.
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Emblem for the SWOT mission.
SWOT Emblem
An artist’s concept of the SWOT spacecraft (March 2012).
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The SWOT satellite observatory is being jointly built by NASA and Centre National D’Études Spatiales (CNES).
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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.
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.
An artist’s concept of the SWOT spacecraft (February 2015).
SWOT Spacecraft (Artist Concept)
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.
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SWOT Exhibit at JPL Open House
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SWOT's scientific payload loading into a U.S. Air Force C-17 airplane for transport to Cannes, France.
This SWOT "Bannerbug" exhibit was created for display during hardware tests conducted during an eleven-day period in October 2008.
SWOT Banner on Display
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
A photograph of the Varzea Forest area of Brazil (2 of 4).
Varzea Forest, Brazil
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.
Altimeter Series
Artist's impression of the future SWOT satellite making sea surface height observations, even through clouds.
Artist's Impression of the SWOT Satellite
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...
SWOT leaving NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California en route to March Air Reserve Base.
Lake Calado, Amazon
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The U.K. Space Agency will provide a part of the radar payload for SWOT.
United Kingdom Space Agency
A banner explaining the purpose of the SWOT mission, created and displayed during testing.
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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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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 ...
This animation shows a simulation of SWOT collecting data over the state of Florida.