Key dates for Swot

December 16, 2022	launch
Mid 2016	Start of NASA & CNES Phase-C/D (beginning of the conception and building)
January 2016	NASA/JPL Preliminary Design Review (this review demonstrates if the preliminary design meets all system requirements (risks and schedule constraints are also identified)
February 2014	CNES decision to install a nadir altimeter onboard SWOT
October 2012	Formation of the Science Definition Team (SDT)
September 2012	NASA Mission Concept Review (MCR)
2011	AirSWOT development started
2010	NASA/CNES (including CSA) workshare agreement reached
September 2008	Program kick-off
2007	A joint informal NASA/CNES Science Working Group (SWG) for SWOT was formed
2007	Decadal Survey recommended SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) as a combined mission for land hydrology and oceanography applications
1998	Wide Swath Ocean Altimeter (WSOA) was selected for NASA's Instrument Incubator Program