Media Services

NASA Headquarters, Washington

Karen Fox
301-286-6284
karen.c.fox@nasa.gov

Tylar Greene
202-358-0030
tylar.j.greene@nasa.gov

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Southern California

Jane J. Lee
818-354-0307
626-491-1943 (cell)
jane.j.lee@jpl.nasa.gov

Andrew Wang
626-379-6874 (cell) 
andrew.wang@jpl.nasa.gov

Jia-Rui Cook
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626-524-6483 (cell)
jia-rui.c.cook@jpl.nasa.gov

Karolyn Pearson
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NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida

Leejay Lockhart
321-867-2468
leejay.lockhart@nasa.gov

Laura Aguiar
321-867-2468
laura.aguiar@nasa.gov

SpaceX, Hawthorne, California

media@spacex.com

CNES (Centre National d’Études Spatiales)

Nathalie Blain
011-33-1-44-76-75-21
nathalie.blain@cnes.fr

Pascale Bresson
011-33-1-44-76-75-39
pascale.bresson@cnes.fr

Raphaël Sart
011-33-1-44-76-74-51
raphael.sart@cnes.fr

Maxime Brient
011-33-5-61-28-24-36
maxime.brient@cnes.fr

Serge Delmas
011-33-6-74-94-25-89
Serge.Delmas@cnes.fr

Thales Alenia Space

Catherine Des Arcis
011-33-4-92-92-72-82
011-33-6-78-64-63-97
catherine.des-arcis@thalesaleniaspace.com

Sandrine Bielecki
011-33-4-92-92-70-94
011-33-6-80-59-22-04
sandrine.bielecki@thalesaleniaspace.com

Canadian Space Agency (CSA)

Media Relations Office
450-926-4370
asc.medias-media.csa@asc-csa.gc.ca

UK Space Agency

Gareth Bethell
011-44-7925-891949
Gareth.Bethell@ukspaceagency.gov.uk

Mission news, updates, and feature stories about the SWOT mission will be available at https://swot.jpl.nasa.gov/

Progress reports on SWOT’s road to launch, including the latest updates on launch dates, can be found on the NASA blog for this mission: https://blogs.nasa.gov/swot.

Interviews with SWOT mission team members may be arranged by calling the JPL newsroom at 818-354-5011 or filling out this form.

A SWOT mission media reel is available at the NASA Image and Video Library.

A playlist of SWOT videos is also available at JPL’s YouTube channel.

Additional images related to the SWOT mission are available at the NASA Image and Video Library, Planetary Photojournal, and the gallery section of this press kit.

Read NASA’s image use policy.

Read JPL’s image use policy.

A news conference presenting an overview of the mission will take place roughly 30 days ahead of launch.

A pre-launch news conference and a science news conference open to accredited news media will take place at Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) in Central California in the days before launch. Additional briefings and media availabilities at VSFB are also expected in that time period.

All news briefings will be broadcast and livestreamed.

News briefings and launch commentary will be livestreamed on NASA Television, the agency’s website www.nasa.gov/live, YouTube.com/NASA, Youtube.com/NASAJPL, and the NASA app. (On-demand recordings will also be available after the live events have finished on YouTube.)

NASA TV channels are digital C-band signals carried by 8PSK/DVB-S2 modulation on satellite Galaxy-13, transponder 15, at 127 degrees west longitude, with a downlink frequency of 4009 MHz, vertical polarization, data rate of 36.225 Mbps, symbol rate of 15 Mbps and 5/6 FEC. A digital video broadcast-compliant integrated receiver decoder is needed for reception. For more information about NASA TV’s programming schedule, visit http://www.nasa.gov/ntv.

Audio only of launch coverage will be carried on the NASA “V” circuits, which may be accessed by dialing 321-867-1220, -1240, -1260 or -7135. On launch day, “mission audio” – the launch conductor’s countdown activities without NASA TV launch commentary – will be carried on 321-867-7135.

A live video feed of key launch activities and commentary from mission control at VSFB will be broadcast. The first launch opportunity is targeted for no earlier than Dec. 15, 2022.

Media accreditation for on-site access closed on Oct 27. Accredited media will have access to VSFB for launch and pre-launch activities related to the SWOT mission. Closer to launch, NASA will release an events-and-briefings advisory with additional information.

Accredited news media can arrange on-site interviews by emailing Jane Lee at jane.j.lee@jpl.nasa.gov or Andrew Wang at andrew.wang@jpl.nasa.gov. Media without credentials can call the JPL newsroom at 818-354-5011 to see if off-site interviews can be arranged.

News briefings and launch commentary will also be streamed on NASA TV, online, and the agency’s app.

Find additional information about the mission at https://swot.jpl.nasa.gov/.

Join the conversation! Use the hashtag #TrackingWorldWater to find SWOT content and get updates from these accounts:

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