SWOT

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SWOT is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 54754

Int'l Code: 2022-173A

Perigee: 899.8 km

Apogee: 900.9 km

Inclination: 77.6 °

Period: 102.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 7271 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: December 16, 2022
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) is a satellite altimeter jointly developed and operated by NASA and CNES, the French space agency, in partnership with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and UK Space Agency (UKSA). The objectives of the mission are 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.

1 54754U 22173A   24118.85085950  .00000172  00000-0  11827-3 0  9998
2 54754  77.6129   8.6837 0000763  70.6360 289.4874 14.00173981 69943

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC