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SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography)
Falcon 9 Block 5
Historical mission record
This page records Falcon 9 Block 5 | SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITEVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission
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.
- Launch vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Destination orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Launch pad
- Space Launch Complex 4E
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Recovery
- Return to Launch Site, The Falcon 9 booster has successfully landed back at the launch site after this flight. +1
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Falcon 9 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.
- Height
- 70 m
- Diameter
- 3.65 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 537
- First flight
- 2018-05-11
Recorded timing
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Launch site & orbit
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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