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United States Air ForceLaunch SuccessfulEarth ScienceTitan II SLV
Launched 1999-06-20 02:15 UTCSpace Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Success
Reached Polar Orbit
Worldwide
35th
orbital launch attempt in 1999
United States Air Force
10th
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 4W
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
402 d 10 h
since the pad's previous launch
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.
Launch Provider
Government · United States of America · Founded 1947 · Commander-in-Chief President of the US
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947.
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Height
31.4m
Diameter
3m
To low Earth orbit
3,600kg
Liftoff thrust
1,900kN
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