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QuikScat
Titan II SLVUnited States Air ForceSpace Launch Complex 4W
Sunday, June 20, 1999 · 02:15 AM UTCAdd to Calendar
This mission is complete.
Mission Brief
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.
PayloadQuikScat
OrbitPolar Orbit
CustomerUnited States Air Force
Stages0
PadSpace Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission Timeline
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Launch Site
Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
34.633°N, 120.616°W
Schedule History
No delays or schedule changes recorded.
