SpaceX wins contract to launch ocean-monitoring satellite for NASA

Despite their recent troubles over a rocket explosion, Elon Musk’s SpaceX has won another contract from NASA to launch a satellite for the agency. April 2021 will see the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite sent into orbit on one of SpaceX‘s Falcon 9 rockets that’s launched from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base. NASA’s SWOT satellite will be used …