Mobile version

News

18.08.2021 07:17 Age: 3 yrs

Swot satellite spacecraft now complete

Category: News of the Swot mission

The satellite is entering the final verification phase of the flight system until September 2022.

picture from the White room in Thalès Cannes. Credit Thalès Alenia Space

picture from the White room in Thalès Cannes. Credit Thalès Alenia Space

Swot payload and platform were mated together to form the Swot observatory on August 11th at 12:00 AM in Thalès (Cannes, France), after a full month of checking the payload, following transportation from US to France.

The satellite is now complete and entering the final verification phase of the flight system, going through a series of functional, mechanical, electrical and thermal testing of the assembly, which will last approximately until September 2022. Then it will be flown back to US for the launch campaign.

On the ground system side, the communication between the spacecraft located in Thalès Cannes and the Satellite Control Center located in Cnes/Toulouse was tested successfully in July and system testing continues up to the launch.

 


EnglishFrançais
Rss feedsContactPartnersFAQLexiconLegal noticePersonal Data Protection PolicyMobile
You must enable cookies in your browser preferences to save the modifications
You are using an older version of Internet Explorer, please update to take full advantage of Aviso+ features

Customize the home page

View all widgets
Reduce display
Public profile
User profile

Select/Deselect widgets

Discover AVISO+

Customizable home, reading tools, products search guide, etc.. Discover step by step the features of the new site AVISO+.

Customizable homepage

This home page is composed of blocks called "widgets".

Rearrange the blocks with a "Click & Drop".

Hide a widget with the cross at the top right. Reset or add a widget with the "wrench" icon. The "User" and "Public" profiles offer a predefined organization.

All the modifications are automatically saved as cookies on your machine so as to enable you to have your own specific AVISO+.

Reading tools

Ease your reading by choosing the page background colour (black/white) and/or by modifying the font size.

Browsing menu and breadcrum trail

To ease your browsing through AVISO+, you can use at any time the main banner items with the interactive submenus or use the browsing menu on the left side of the screen (it is open by default). For more readiness of the page contents, you can fold and unfold the browsing menu by clicking on the tab. At any time you can know where you are thanks to the browsing menu or the breadcrum at the top of the page.

Products search guide

The first submenu of the "Data" banner item leads you to a new search form enabling you to find quickier the product that suits your needs. The list of results is updated according to your selection criteria.

AVISO+ Multimedia

The first submenu of the "Multimedia" banner item leads you to AVISO+ collections of images and videos linked to altimetry and its applications. Have a nice visit!