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NASA Launches SWOT To Survey Earth’s Water

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) spacecraft onboard, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in ...
Gizmodo

Here’s Why NASA’s Launch of a Water-Sniffing Satellite Is a Huge Deal

Called SWOT, the satellite will perform a comprehensive survey of Earth's water levels—something no satellite has ever attempted before. Reading time 2 minutes A NASA satellite launched on Friday with ...
Digital Trends

See NASA’s newest Earth-monitoring satellite unfurl in space

This month, NASA launched a new Earth-monitoring satellite that will observe fresh water systems across the planet. Now, the satellite has unfurled in space ready to begin science operations, and NASA ...
Space.com

NASA's new SWOT satellite to study Earth's water from space in a 'game changer' for understanding climate change

The multi-agency mission launches Thursday (Dec. 15). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, the latest updates on ...
BBC

Nasa's Swot satellite will survey millions of rivers and lakes

The American space agency Nasa has launched a satellite that's expected to transform our view of water on Earth. The Swot mission will map the precise height of rivers, reservoirs and lakes, and track ...