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Data acquired April 10, 1998 412 x 600 83 KB - GIF
Data acquired April 10, 1998 2185 x 3179 14 MB - TIFF
This is an artist rendering of NASA's Quick Scatterometer (QuikScat) satellite set for launch in November 1998. The large, dish-like feature at the bottom of the satellite is the scatterometer instrument that will measure winds over the ocean surface. The instrument will collect data over ocean, land, and ice in a continuous, 1,800-kilometer-wide band, making approximately 400,000 measurements per day.
NASA JPL
Published April 10, 1998 Data acquired April 10, 1998