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SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography)

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Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Earth Science

Low Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 4E Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA Probability: 100%
B1071 - Landing Zone 4

Satellite altimeter jointly developed by NASA and CNES, the French space agency, in partnership with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and UK Space Agency (UKSA) designed to make the first global survey of the Earth's surface water, to observe the fine details of the ocean surface topography, and to measure how terrestrial surface water bodies change over time.

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Updates

SwGustav • Dec. 16, 2022, 1:16 p.m.

Good deployment and AOS confirmed, successful launch


SwGustav • Dec. 16, 2022, 11:47 a.m.

Liftoff


SwGustav • Dec. 16, 2022, 11:02 a.m.

Coverage live


Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 15, 2022, 3:11 a.m.

NET December 16


Nosu • Dec. 14, 2022, 8:49 p.m.

Weather 100%


Falcon 9

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Configuration: Block 5

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

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Specifications
  • Minimum Stage
    1
  • Max Stage
    2
  • Length
    70.0 m
  • Diameter
    3.65 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.2 m
  • Launch Mass
    549.0 T
  • Thrust
    7607.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Falcon 9
  • Family
  • Variant
    Block 5
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Falcon 9 Block 5
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $52000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    22800.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    8300.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Booster Info


B1071

Status: Active


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: February 2, 2022
Last Flight: November 18, 2024
Flights: 20
Landings Attempted: 20
Landings Successful: 20
Previous B1071 Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 booster has successfully landed back at the launch site after this flight.

Result: Successful Return to Launch Site landing at Landing Zone 4.

SpaceX

SpaceX

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CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 419 Failures: 12 Pending: 115

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Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

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