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United States Air ForceTitan II SLVSpace Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
QuikScat
Launched
June 20, 1999
Summary
QuikScat launched on an United States Air Force Titan II SLV from Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on June 20, 1999. It was United States Air Force's 1,013th launch, 10th this year and humanity's 4,324th orbital launch attempt. It was the 8th Titan II SLV flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Polar Orbit (PO). QuikScat, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 283 × 822 km orbit inclined 98.7°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Titan II SLV · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Polar Orbit (PO)
- Milestone
- 8th Titan II SLV flight · 1st this yearUnited States Air Force's 1,013th launch10th this yearhumanity's 4,324th orbital launch attempt35th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
QuikScat · NORAD 25789 · 1999-034 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- QUIKSCAT
- Object ID
- 1999-034A
- Epoch
- 1999-06-20 03:30:32 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.06929051 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.038925
- Inclination
- 98.6537°
- Ascending node
- 355.9907°
- Arg. of perigee
- 148.7716°
- Mean anomaly
- 267.8806°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: PO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 1 still in orbit
- QuikScat · NORAD 25789 · in orbit
Titan 23G Stage 2 · re-entered December 20, 1999
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this 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.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
88th launch from Space Launch Complex 4W, 1st this year · 593rd from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
93 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
402 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did QuikScat launch?
QuikScat launched on June 20, 1999. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch QuikScat?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched QuikScat?
Titan II SLV, flown by United States Air Force. Titan II SLV spec sheet
Where did QuikScat launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit did QuikScat reach?
QuikScat, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 283 × 822 km orbit inclined 98.7°.
How many satellites did QuikScat launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).