QuikScat
Titan II SLV
United States Air Force
Launch Status
SuccessMission
QuikScat
Type: Earth Science
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.
Location
Space Launch Complex 4W
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
698 rockets have launched from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.

Agency
United States Air Force
Type: Government
Abbreviation: USAF
Country: USA