Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Earth Science · LEO
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…
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWOT 2022-173A | Payload | 893 × 893 km · 77.6° | Globe |
COSPAR ID 2022-173 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).