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By JPL convention the SeaWinds instrument flown on the QuikSCAT satellite is termed "QuikSCAT", while the SeaWinds instrument flown on ADEOS2/Midori2 is termed "SeaWinds". The SeaWinds Tandem mission refers to combined QuikSCAT and SeaWinds data during the mission overlap period. The scatterometer mode data from the Earth Resource Mission 1 and 2 Advanced Microwave Instruments are referred to as ERS1 and ERS2 or as ESCAT. The Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) is on the ESA Metop-A platform.

Orbit comparison:
SASS: 810 km altitude, 106 deg inclination angle
ERS-1/2: 780 km alitude, 98.52 deg inclination angle
NSCAT: 805 km alitude, 98.7 deg inclination angle
SeaWinds: 803 km alitude, 98.6 deg inclination angle
QuikSCAT: 800 km alitude, 98.6 deg inclination angle
ASCAT: 800 km alitude, 98.6 deg inclination angle