{"id":19616,"date":"2014-10-21T11:53:37","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T15:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/?p=19616"},"modified":"2021-11-10T16:41:58","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T20:41:58","slug":"new-wind-sensor-international-space-station-watch-tropical-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/new-wind-sensor-international-space-station-watch-tropical-storms.htm","title":{"rendered":"New wind sensor for International Space Station to watch tropical storms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new instrument designed to measure winds and track tropical storms has been installed on the International Space Station, Spaceflight Now reported.<\/p>\n<p>The SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule brought the Rapid Scatterometer to the ISS in September. Known also as the ISS-RapidScat, the instrument uses a 100-watt antenna that spins around 20 rpm to bounce microwave signals off the surface of the ocean, providing data on wind speed and direction. 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