==Mission description== QuikSCAT was launched on 19 June 1999 with an initial 3-year mission requirement. QuikSCAT was a `quick recovery` mission replacing the NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT), which failed prematurely in June 1997 after just 9.5 months in operation. QuikSCAT, however, far exceeded these design expectations and continued to operate fo.....
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(Quick Scatterometer satellite) A satellite built under a NASA rapid delivery contract that carries the Seawinds scatterometer for remote sensing of ocean winds. QuikScat was among the first missions in NASA`s EOS (Earth Observing System). Launch date Jun. 20, 1999 L...
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