CYGFM02

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CYGFM02 is classified as:

• Weather
• Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 41886
Int'l Code: 2016-078C
Perigee: 517.6 km
Apogee: 538.6 km
Inclination: 35.0 °
Period: 95.0 minutes
Semi major axis: 6899 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.

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1 41886U 16078C   19323.25226842  .00000378  00000-0  21505-4 0  9993
2 41886  34.9593 287.6691 0015203 322.4144  37.5504 15.15001874162119

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC