QuikScat Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
20 Jun 1999, 2:15am
UTC
Location
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4W
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
QuikScat
Mission Type
Earth Science
Destination
Polar Orbit
The SeaWinds instrument on the QuikScat (Quick Scatterometer) mission is a "quick recovery" mission to fill the gap created by the loss of data from the NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT), when the ADEOS 1 host satellite lost power in June 1997. The SeaWinds instrument is a specialized microwave radar that measures near-surface wind speed and direction under all weather and cloud conditions over the Earth's oceans.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:58pm UTC
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