CYGFM08

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CYGFM08 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 41888

Int'l Code: 2016-078E

Perigee: 517.8 km

Apogee: 540.5 km

Inclination: 35.0 °

Period: 95.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 6900 km

RCS: Unknown

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

CYGFM08 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 41888U 16078E   19236.93090941 +.00000163 +00000-0 +10318-4 0  9994
2 41888 034.9505 105.5194 0016434 274.3218 085.5615 15.14654131148988

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC