SWOT

SWOT uses radar interferometry to measure water height across oceans, rivers, lakes and reservoirs. It gives hydrologists a new global view of freshwater movement.

Technical specifications

3D model is aproximate

CATEGORY

Earth Science

TYPE

Earth Observation

COUNTRY

United States / France

OPERATOR

NASA / CNES

LAUNCH DATE

Dec 16, 2022

LAUNCH SITE

Vandenberg

ORBIT CLASS

LEO

ALTITUDE · KM

893

ORBITAL PERIOD · MIN

102.84

INCLINATION · DEG

77.61

APOGEE · KM

893

PERIGEE · KM

893

How we source data

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