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SeaWinds on ADEOS II

SeaWinds on the Advanced Earth Observing Satellite II (ADEOS II)

Type

Instrument

Launch

June 19, 1999

Location

On the QuikSCAT satellite

Objective

Measure near-surface wind velocity and cloud cover over Earth's oceans

an illustration of ADEOS in orbit

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