Pegasus XL
Success8 x CYGNSS · Orbital ATK
Launch time (NET)
Thursday, Dec 15, 2016, 13:37 UTC
Launch window
Thursday, Dec 15, 2016, 13:21 UTC – Thursday, Dec 15, 2016, 14:21 UTC
Provider
Orbital ATK
Rocket
Launch pad
Cape Canaveral, Air launch to orbit · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
8 x CYGNSS
Type
Earth Science
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
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.
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