The SWOT satellite was encapsulated inside SpaceX’s Falcon 9 payload fairing at Vandenberg Space Force Base on December 8, 2022, in preparation for launch on December 15, 2022, as part of a NASA, CNES, CSA, and UK Space Agency collaboration.

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