CYGFM06

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CYGFM06 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 41889

Int'l Code: 2016-078F

Perigee: 495.2 km

Apogee: 513.1 km

Inclination: 35.0 °

Period: 94.6 minutes

Semi major axis: 6875 km

RCS: Unknown

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

CYGFM06 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 41889U 16078F   23083.62511981  .00050109  00000-0  20667-2 0  9999
2 41889  34.9577 241.4455 0013003  87.4698 272.7505 15.22936286347591

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC