SWOT Mission to Survey Earth’s Water
Recently, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The spacecraft was launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Key Points
- About: SWOT is an advanced radar satellite jointly developed and operated by NASA and CNES, the French space agency, in partnership with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and UK Space Agency.
- Technology: It incorporates advanced microwave radar technology to collect high-definition measurements of oceans, lakes, reservoirs and rivers over 90% of the globe.
- Mission Life: Three years.
- Aim: The primary mission objectives are:
- To make the first global survey ....
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