Titan II SLV | QuikScat
Status: Success | Launched: Jun 20, 1999 02:15 UTC
Launch Provider & Rocket
- Provider: United States Air Force (Government)
- Rocket: Titan II SLV — Titan family
Mission
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.
- Type: Earth Science
- Orbit: Polar Orbit (PO)
Launch Site
- Pad: Space Launch Complex 4W
- Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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Launch data sourced automatically from the Launch Library 2 API. Last refreshed: 2026-08-22T21:02:10.804714+00:00.