VANDENBURG SPACE FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA, USA - 16 December 2022 - A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT)

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VANDENBURG SPACE FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA, USA - 16 December 2022 - A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) spacecraft onboard, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Jointly developed by NASA and Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), with contributions from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and United Kingdom Space Agency, SWOT is the first satellite mission that will observe nearly all water on Earth’s surface, measuring the height of water in the planet’s lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and the ocean - Photo: Geopix/NASA/Keegan Barber

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Size: 5472px × 3648px
Location: Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA
Photo credit: © Geopix / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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