Pegasus XL | 8 x CYGNSS

Mission Details

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.

Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Launch Site

Pad

Cape Canaveral

Location

Air launch to orbit

Country

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