Status
Success
SWOT
Launch Time
Fri Dec 16, 2022 11:46 UTC
Fri Dec 16, 2022 11:46 UTC
Rocket
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
B1071
Flight #6
Landing Zone 4
72 day turnaround
167th Falcon recovery attempt
155th successful Falcon recovery attempt
82nd consecutive successful Falcon 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 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