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SpaceX launches a satellite to explore the world’s oceans

  • December 16, 2022
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX has launched the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite into orbit, which will study water on Earth. As reported by Ukrinform, this was reported

SpaceX launches a satellite to explore the world’s oceans

SpaceX launches a satellite to explore the world’s oceans

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has launched the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite into orbit, which will study water on Earth.

As reported by Ukrinform, this was reported by Space.com.

The launch of the Falcon 9 carrier rocket with the satellite inside was carried out on Friday, December 16 at 13:46 Kyiv time from the spaceport in California, USA.

It is noted that SWOT was developed by NASA and the French Space Agency (CNES) with the participation of Canadian and British space agencies.

It was included as a recommended mandate in the 2007 National Research Council 10-year survey.

The satellite is designed to study changes in global water levels and transmit unprecedentedly detailed three-dimensional volume data about Earth’s oceans and millions of lakes and rivers every 21 days.

As Ukrinform reported, on December 1, the American space agency NASA, SpaceX and the French space agency Center National d’Études Spatiales postponed the launch of the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite, which will monitor all the water on Earth. .

Photograph: twitter.com/SpaceX

Source: Ukrinform

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