• NASA SWOT PAYLOAD LAUNCHED FROM VANDENBERG

    VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. – Team Vandenberg launched an international mission led by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the French space agency Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES), the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9

  • Aircrew delivers U.S.-French satellite for NASA

    Airmen with the 22nd Airlift Squadron assigned to Travis Air Force Base, California, transported a Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite from Nice Cote d’Azur Airport, Nice, France, to Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, in support of a multinational mission, Oct. 13 - 17, 2022.