QuikSCAT
NASA QuikSCAT (Quick Scatterometer) was an Earth-orbiting radar scatterometer mission that measured ocean-surface winds to improve environmental predictions and weather forecasting.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Quick ScatterometerQuikScatQuikSCAT
- Name
- QuikSCAT
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- NASA QuikSCAT (Quick Scatterometer) was an Earth-orbiting radar scatterometer mission that measured ocean-surface winds to improve environmental predictions and weather forecasting.
- Destination
- Near-circular, polar Earth orbit at approximately 800 km altitude and 98.6° inclination (100.9-minute period) for measuring ocean-surface winds to improve environmental predictions and weather forecasting
- End Date
- 2009-11-23
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- QuikSCAT provided global ocean-wind measurements for weather and climate research after its June 1999 launch.
- Programs
- Start Date
- 1999-06-20
- Vehicle Families
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/quikscat/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 18:46:53 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 22, 2026 at 13:19:11 UTC
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