CelesTrak has GP data for 1 object from the launch (2022-173) of SWOT atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB on Dec 16 at 1146 UTC: nasa.gov/press-release/…. Data can be found at: celestrak.org/NORAD/elements….
Getting stuff into space sure is perdy.Here is a snapshot of the violent beauty during the #SWOT mission liftoff from Vandenfogless. 12/16📷 for @SuperclusterHQ
Falcon 9 B1071 is lifted from landing zone to inspection mount at Vandenberg SBF after completion of its duties for the #SWOT mission. 📷 for @SuperclusterHQ
Quote1/2Does anybody know why the initial launch plane of #SWOT from Vandenberg as defined by areas A & B is inconsisten with the Falcon 9 upper stage deorbit area C and SWOT orbital plane?As it turns out this is not in error, a big dog-leg has been/will be performed:https://twitter.com/GewoonLukas_/status/1603722788262625286
1/2Does anybody know why the initial launch plane of #SWOT from Vandenberg as defined by areas A & B is inconsisten with the Falcon 9 upper stage deorbit area C and SWOT orbital plane?
Dec 20, 2022A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) spacecraft onboard, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Jointly developed by NASA and Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), with contributions from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and United Kingdom Space Agency, SWOT is the first satellite mission that will observe nearly all water on Earth’s surface, measuring the height of water in the planet’s lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and the ocean.
ATLAS V LAUNCHED FROM VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASEQuoteDec 20, 2022Team Vandenberg launched a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) and NASA's Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) from Space Launch Complex-3 here Thursday, Nov. 10, at 1:49 a.m. Pacific Time
Dec 20, 2022Team Vandenberg launched a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) and NASA's Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) from Space Launch Complex-3 here Thursday, Nov. 10, at 1:49 a.m. Pacific Time
Quote from: catdlr on 12/21/2022 01:16 amATLAS V LAUNCHED FROM VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE Wrong title and wrong quote
ATLAS V LAUNCHED FROM VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE
NASA's Launch Services Program (LSP) produced a really nice video tribute to Omar Baez upon his retirement, but NASA TV ops completely butchered the airing of it during the SWOT coverage. Here is that segment (including an emotional Mr. Baez) posted separately by NASA KSC:
