SWARM

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

12:02:29

Friday November 22, 2013

Mission Details

SWARM

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Swarm is a European Space Agency (ESA) mission to study the Earth's magnetic field. High-precision and high-resolution measurements of the strength, direction and variations of the Earth's magnetic field, complemented by precise navigation, accelerometer and electric field measurements, will provide data for modelling the geomagnetic field and its interaction with other physical aspects of the Earth system. The results offer a view of the inside of the Earth from space, enabling the composition and processes of the interior to be studied in detail and increase our knowledge of atmospheric processes and ocean circulation patterns that affect climate and weather.

Polar Orbit

3 Payloads

1,416 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Rokot/Briz KM

Active 2000 to 2019

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center logo

Manufacturer

Khrunichev

Price

$13.00 million

Rocket

Height: 29.1m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 2,150 kg

GTO: 0 kg

Liftoff Thrust

1,875 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 2.62m

Height: 6.74m

Stages

3

Launch Site

Site 133/3

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

Fastest Turnaround

3 days 23 hours

Stats

Rokot


22nd

Mission

3rd

Mission of 2013

2013


69th

Orbital launch attempt