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QUIKSCAT

📡 Radar viewIn orbit
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Its orbit in 3D

Goes round Earth once every 99 minutes, on an orbit tilted 98.2° from the equator, between 666 and 793 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.

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About QUIKSCAT

QUIKSCAT is a satellite from the United States, launched on Jun 20, 1999 from Air Force Western Test Range.

It circles Earth every 99 minutes (14.5 times a day), between 653 and 787 km up, on an orbit tilted 98.2° to the equator, so its path covers latitudes up to 82° north and south.

The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.

QuikSCAT · NASA Earth observation satellite carrying the SeaWinds scatterometer

Operated by
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Built by
Ball Aerospace & Technologies
Mass
970 kg

Wikipedia article ↗ · Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).

Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 24 days its lowest point went from 653 km to 653 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.

Lowest point (perigee)Highest point (apogee)
650700750800Nov 26

From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.