Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
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Provider
Orbital ATK
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
LEO
Mission type
Earth Science
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Thu, 15 Dec 2016 13:37:21 GMT
Orbital launch #
#5610 ever
Go probability
0%
Mission
CYGNSS or Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System is a NASA developed system to improve hurricane forecasting. It is a constellation of 8 small observation satellites, 27.5 kg each, that will make accurate measurements of ocean surface winds in and near the eye of the storm throughout the lifecycle of tropical cyclones, typhoons & hurricanes.
Deployed payloads · 7