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Liftoff! SWOT Soars Upward

A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, carrying the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite.
A 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. Photo Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber

Ignition, and liftoff! At 3:46 a.m. PST, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base’s Space Launch Complex-4 East, carrying the first satellite to survey nearly all water on Earth’s surface.

Stay here on the blog as we take you through some key flight milestones, coming up in the next couple of minutes.