QuikSCAT
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 QuikSCAT | |
| Organization | JPL, NASA |
|---|---|
| Mission Type | Earth observation |
| Contractor | Ball Aerospace |
| Satellite of | Earth |
| Launch | June 19, 1999 on a Titan II |
| Launch site | Vandenberg Air Force Base |
| Mission duration | 2–3 years |
| Mass | 971 kg (launch) |
| Webpage | [winds.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/quikscat/] |
| Orbital elements | |
| Semimajor Axis | 7180.8 km |
| Eccentricity | 0.00014 |
| Inclination | 98.6 degrees |
| Orbital Period | 100.93 minutes |
| Right ascension of the ascending node | 178.47 degrees |
| Argument of perigee | 47.4 degrees |
| Instruments | |
| SeaWinds | microwave radar that measures near-surface wind speed and direction |
The QuikSCAT (Quick Scatterometer) is an earth-observing satellite that provides wind speed and direction information over oceans to NOAA.It is a "quick recovery" mission to fill the gap created by the loss of data from the NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) that was lost in June 1997. It is in a sun-synchronous low-earth orbit.
| Jet Propulsion Laboratory ([website]) |
|---|---|
| Current missions | ACRIMSAT – AIRS – ASTER – Cassini-Huygens – GALEX – GRACE – Jason 1 – Keck Interferometer
Mars Odyssey – MER – MGS – MISR – MLS – MRO – QuikSCAT – Rosetta – Spitzer – TES TOPEX/Poseidon – Ulysses – Voyager – WFPC |
| Past missions | Deep Impact – Deep Space 1 – Deep Space 2 – Explorer – Galileo – Genesis – IRAS – Magellan
Mariner – Mars Climate Orbiter – Mars Observer – Mars Pathfinder – Mars Polar Lander – NSCAT Pioneer – Ranger – Seasat – SIR – SME – SRTM – Stardust – Surveyor – SVLBI – Viking – WIRE |
| Future missions | Herschel Space Observatory – Kepler Space Observatory>Kepler – LBT – Phoenix – MSL – AFL |
| Related organizations | Caltech – NASA – Deep Space Network – Goldstone Complex |
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