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    QuikScat (Quick Scatterometer) satellite

    QuikScat
    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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