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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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