Titan II SLV
SuccessQuikScat · United States Air Force
Launch time (NET)
Sunday, Jun 20, 1999, 02:15 UTC
Launch window
Sunday, Jun 20, 1999, 02:15 UTC – Sunday, Jun 20, 1999, 02:15 UTC
Provider
United States Air Force
Rocket
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
QuikScat
Type
Earth Science
Orbit
Polar Orbit (PO)
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.
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