QuikScat acquires all-weather, high resolution measurements of near-surface winds over global oceans using specialized microwave radar.Launch: June 1999Operating Network: Near Earth Network
QuikScat acquires all-weather, high resolution measurements of near-surface winds over global oceans using specialized microwave radar. Using this data, coastline weather forecasts have been improved thanks to more accurate wind data in weather and wave prediction models.
Launch: June 1999 – October 2018Operating Network: Near Earth Network*
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* Editor’s Note: As of October 2020, the Near Earth Network and the Space Network have aggregated into the Near Space Network.