NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

SWOT

Launch Time
Fri Dec 16, 2022 11:46 UTC

Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 5
Image Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX
Status: Active
Price: $67.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 7,607 kN
Payload to LEO: 22,800 kg
Payload to GTO: 8,300 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 70.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 5.2 m
Fairing Height: 13.0 m

Vehicles

Landing Zone 4

B1071

Flight #6
72 day turnaround
167th Falcon recovery attempt
155th successful Falcon recovery
82nd consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery

Mission Details

Surface Water Ocean Topography

The Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission is a future satellite mission, jointly developed by NASA and CNES, the French space agency, in partnership with Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and UK Space Agency (UKSA). The objectives of the mission are to make the first global survey of the Earth's surface water, observe the fine details of the ocean's surface topography, and measure how terrestrial surface water bodies change over time.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,000.0 kg
Polar Orbit

Location

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Stats

2022

179th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

200th mission
57th mission of 2022
194th successful mission
166th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

191st mission
56th mission of 2022
188th successful mission
162nd consecutive successful mission