CYGFM02

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CYGFM02 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 41886

Int'l Code: 2016-078C

Perigee: 483.7 km

Apogee: 501.2 km

Inclination: 35.0 °

Period: 94.3 minutes

Semi major axis: 6863 km

RCS: Unknown

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

CYGFM02 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 41886U 16078C   24113.80370971  .00018675  00000-0  68894-3 0  9990
2 41886  34.9550 278.3577 0012774  62.5119 297.6893 15.26830898407789

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC