CYGFM02

NORAD 41886· COSPAR 2016-078C· Active satellite· Weather· LEO

Launch

Launched on Dec 15, 2016 from Cape Canaveral, United States of America aboard a Pegasus XL.

Pegasus XL | 8 x CYGNSS →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 14:05 UTC

Orbit class

LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)

Operator

United States Government

Country

United States

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Dec 15, 2016

Mass

—

Apogee

370 km

Perigee

363 km

Inclination

34.94°

Period

1.53 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for CYGFM02 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-23.4 km

Rate

-0.23 km/day

Now

363 × 370 km

Apogee Perigee

Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.

Launched with

6 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2016-078 (Pegasus XL | 8 x CYGNSS).

CYGFM05 · 41884
CYGFM04 · 41885
CYGFM01 · 41887
CYGFM08 · 41888
CYGFM07 · 41890
CYGFM03 · 41891

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