QuikScat (Quick Scatterometer) satellite
QuikScat (Quick Scatterometer) satellite is 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° |