The SWOT satellite was encapsulated in the Falcon 9 payload fairing at SpaceX’s Vandenberg facility on December 8, 2022, with the processing team marking the milestone before its scheduled December 15 launch, a NASA and CNES collaboration with CSA and UK Space Agency.

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