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NASA to Launch Ocean Wind Monitor to Space Station

By Guest PostJanuary 31, 2013Environmentocean surface, ocean wind monitor, quikscat satellite, space station, wind speed, wind vector data

PASADENA, Calif. – In a clever reuse of hardware originally built to test parts of NASA’s QuikScat satellite, the agency will launch the ISS-RapidScat instrument to the International Space Station in 2014 to measure ocean surface wind speed and direction. (more…)