Titan II SLV | QuikScat

Name: Titan II SLV | QuikScat
Start: 1999-06-20T02:15:00Z
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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.

Mission Details

Launch date: June 20, 1999 at 02:15 AM UTC
Launch vehicle: Titan II SLV
Operator: United States Air Force
Launch site: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission type: Earth Science