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NASA Satellite Targets Climate Change

UNITED STATES – A SpaceX rocket launched from California earlier today, carrying a NASA satellite designed to conduct the first global survey of earth’s surface waters.

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January 14, 2022

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UNITED STATES – A SpaceX rocket launched from California earlier today, carrying a NASA satellite designed to conduct the first global survey of earth’s surface waters.

Scientists hope this will help shed new light on the mechanics and consequences of climate change.

The Falcon 9 rocket, owned and operated by billionaire Elon Musk’s commercial launch company, under NASA contract, was set for blastoff at 3:46 a.m, from the Vandenberg U.S. space force base about 170 miles northwest of Los Angeles.

Its payload, the surface water and ocean topography satellite, or SWOT, incorporates advanced microwave radar technology that scientists say will collect high-definition measurements of oceans, lakes, reservoirs, and rivers over 90% of the world’s surface.