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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)
Weather at Launch
- Temp
- 21.0°C
- Wind
- 19 km/h @ 328°
- Sky
- Mainly clear
- Source
- open-meteo-archive