CYGFM07

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CYGFM07 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 41890

Int'l Code: 2016-078G

Perigee: 461.8 km

Apogee: 474.0 km

Inclination: 34.9 °

Period: 93.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 6838 km

RCS: Unknown

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

CYGFM07 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 41890U 16078G   24347.78294495  .00015342  00000-0  43897-3 0  9991
2 41890  34.9495 226.6933 0008935  41.9896 318.1505 15.35048055443720

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC