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Spacecraft · USA
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American earth sea satellite. One launch, 1999.06.20. Built under a NASA rapid delivery contract. Carried the SeaWinds scatterometer for remote sensing of ocean winds. Earth observing satellite built by Ball Aerospace for NASA, USA. Launched 1999. Used the BCP-2000 bus.
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- Family
- Earth, Earth seasat, Sun synchronous orbit
- Country
- USA
- Launch Vehicles
- Titan, Titan II, Titan II SLV
- Launch Sites
- Vandenberg, Vandenberg SLC4W
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