3... 2.. 1... 🚀 A U.S.-French satellite that will map almost all of the world’s oceans, lakes and rivers rocketed into orbit in a predawn launch aboard a SpaceX rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
NASA’s current fleet of nearly 30 Earth-observing satellites cannot make out such slight features. And while these older satellites can map the extent of lakes and rivers, their measurements are not as detailed, said the University of North Carolina’s Tamlin Pavelsky, who is part of the mission.
NASA and the French Space Agency collaborated on the $1.2 billion project, with Britain and Canada chipping in.
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