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Description

Satellite center of mass position with respect to its reference point. The SAT_COM product provides the X/Y/Z coordinates of satellite center of mass in the KaRIn metering and structure reference frame (KMSF) with associated information of the origin of the variation. This is a historical product and the most recently available file provides a complete history since launch. Available in netCDF-4 file format with latency of < 1.5 days.

Product Summary

Platforms
SWOT
Instruments
GYROS
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Geographic Region
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2022-12-16
Data Partner
Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA (NASA/JPL/PODAAC)
Concept ID
C2296989490-POCLOUD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
1058
Processing Level
NA
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Orbital Position

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

SWOT. (2024). SWOT Satellite Center of Mass Position Data [Data set]. NASA Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/SWOT-SATCOM-1.0 Date Accessed: 2025-12-14

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