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Watching Earth’s Winds, on a Shoestring

By Guest PostOctober 30, 2013Scienceiss rapidscat, microwave echo, ocean wind monitoring, scatterometer carrying satellites, scatterometer instrument, sun synchronous orbit

Built with spare parts and without a moment to spare, the International Space Station (ISS)-RapidScat isn’t your average NASA Earth science mission. (more…)