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SWOT in Orbit With View of KaRIn Instrument (Illustration)
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SWOT in Orbit With View of KaRIn Instrument (Illustration)

NASA / JPL · 2022-11-14 · photograph (digital archive)

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This illustration depicts the Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite, a mission led by NASA and the French space agency Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES). The scientific heart of the SWOT satellite is the Ka-band Radar Interferometer (KaRIn) instrument, which will measure the height of water in Earth's lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and ocean.

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Credit lineSWOT in Orbit With View of KaRIn Instrument (Illustration). NASA/JPL, 2022-11-14. Public domain. ID: PIA24530.
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