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Coriolis
Titan II SLV · Earth Science
2003Space Launch Complex 4W, Vandenberg
Mission
The Coriolis / Windsat / SMEI three-year mission will provide Defense Department and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) weather data users with important ocean wind and solar wind measurements -- improving forecasting around the globe while building important knowledge that will be used in developing the next generation of Polar-orbiting environmental satellites.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- USAF
- Rocket
- Titan II SLV
- Orbit
- SSO
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 4W
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2