NASA On Air: NASA's RapidScat Launches To International Space Station (9/22/2014)
LEAD: NASA launched a new tool for hurricane forecasters from Cape Canaveral.
1. A SpaceX Falcon rocket is delivering a radar system called RapidScat to the International Space Station.
2. It will scan the oceans around the world, using the action of ocean waves to determine surface wind speeds and direction.
3. Hurricane forecasters can use the information for better forecasts of storm surge.
TAG: Large-scale patterns such as El Niño in the Pacific Ocean can be monitored by looking at changes in ocean winds.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Producer
- Howard Joe Witte (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
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Video editor
- Joy Ng (USRA)
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Project support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Release date
This page was originally published on Monday, September 22, 2014.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:50 PM EDT.
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