CYGFM01

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CYGFM01 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 41887

Int'l Code: 2016-078D

Perigee: 485.6 km

Apogee: 504.2 km

Inclination: 34.9 °

Period: 94.4 minutes

Semi major axis: 6865 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: December 15, 2016
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: Pegasus launched from Eastern Range Air Space (ERAS)

CYGFM01 is one of the eight research satellites launched by a winged Orbital ATK Pegasus XL rocket to fly around the tropics and return measurements of winds at the cores of hurricanes. The wind data should help scientists better understand the formation, growth and dissipation of tropical cyclones, and lessons from the $157 million Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System may improve hurricane forecasting, particularly the strength of storms at landfall. Researchers compare the way CYGNSS works to the human eye's perception of a full moon reflected in a body of water. Calm winds will make for a perfectly resolved reflection of the moon, while windy conditions will scatter the moon's image in a glistening effect.

1 41887U 16078D   24138.38855581  .00015080  00000-0  57051-3 0  9996
2 41887  34.9497 139.7453 0013534 264.0414  95.8758 15.26019594411308

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC