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Solutions
* The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission is a satellite altimeter jointly developed and operated by NASA and CNES, the French space agency, in partnership with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and UK Space Agency (UKSA). Hence, Statement 1 is correct.
* The objectives of the mission are to make the first global survey of the Earth's surface water, to observe the fine details of the ocean surface topography, and to measure how terrestrial surface water bodies change over time. Hence, Statement 2 is correct.
Additional Information:
* The Swot mission will map the precise height of rivers, reservoirs and lakes, and track ocean surface features at unprecedented scales.
* NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for SWOT.
* Launch was targeted for December 15, 2022 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California
Hence, Option C is correct.