QuikScat (Quick Scatterometer) satellite
A satellite built under a NASA rapid delivery contract that carries the Seawinds scatterometer for remote sensing of ocean winds. QuikScat was among the first missions in NASA's EOS (Earth Observing System).
| launch date |
Jun. 20, 1999 |
| launch vehicle |
Titan II |
| launch site |
Vandenberg Air Force Base |
| orbit |
804 × 806 km × 98.6° |
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