NASA Invites Media to Launch of Water-Monitoring Satellite

Media accreditation is now open for the upcoming launch of the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite, a pathfinder mission about Earth’s water that will use new technology to address climate change and its impact on our environment. NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than Monday, Dec. 5, for launch of the Earth-facing satellite on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex-4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. U.S. and international media interested in attending this launch must apply no later than 5 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 27. More

(Source: NASA - Oct 14)