Status
Launch Successful
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Description
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.
Details
Type
Earth Science
Orbit
Polar Orbit (PO)
Location
Unknown
Date
Sun, Jun 20, 1999, 02:15
Weather
Pro