NASA Launches International Mission to Survey Earth's Water

NASA Launches International Mission to Survey Earth's Water

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Category : Science and Tech Published on: December 20 2022

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The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched the newest Earth science satellite to track nearly all the water on Earth's surface.
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) spacecraft was launched atop a SpaceX rocket from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California with a prime mission of three years.
The satellite will measure the height of water in freshwater bodies and the ocean on more than 90 per cent of Earth’s surface.
According to NASA, SWOT will cover the entire Earth's surface between 78 degrees south and 78 degrees north latitude at least once every 21 days, sending back about one terabyte of unprocessed data per day.

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