1999 · United States Air Force
QuikScat
successTitan II SLV | QuikScat
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.
Overview
- Date / time
- June 20, 1999 at 02:15 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 4W
- Mission
- QuikScat
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit achieved
- Polar Orbit