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SWOT Science Payload
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Part of the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite's science instrument payload sits in a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory during assembly. Once fully assembled and launched into orbit, the SUV-size spacecraft will make global surveys of Earth's surface water. By measuring the height of the water in the planet's ocean, lakes, and rivers, researchers can track the volume and location of the finite resource around the world.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineSWOT Science Payload. NASA/JPL, 2021-06-30. Public domain. ID: PIA24536.
