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NASA QuikScat
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                                   Satellite Information:
•Orbit: Sun-synchronous
•Altitude: 803 km
•Type: 98.6° inclination orbit
(polar orbiter like DMSP)
•Measurements
•1,800-kilometer swath during each orbit provides
  approx. 90% coverage of Earth's oceans every day.
•Wind-speed measurements of 3 to 20 meters/second
•Accuracy of Speed: 2 meters/second
•Direction accuracy of +/-20 degrees.
•Wind vector resolution of 25 kilometers.