LAUNCH OF SURFACE WATER AND OCEAN TOPOGRAPHY (SWOT) SATELLITE, Dec 16, 2022, VSFB, 6:46 am ET

Update, December 14: The launch has been postponed one day because SpaceX detected moisture in two of the nine Falcon 9 engines and need time to review data. Launch is now scheduled for December 16 at 3:46 am ET Pacific/6:46 am Eastern.

Original Entry: The NASA/CNES Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite is scheduled for launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA at 3:46 am Pacific Time (6:46 am Eastern) on December 15, 2022.

CNES is the French space agency.

NASA will provide live coverage on NASA Television, YouTube, Twitter, the NASA app, and the agency’s website, beginning at 6:00 am ET.

A science briefing is scheduled for December 13 and a pre-launch briefing for December 14.  See our separate Calendar listings for those events.