CYGFM03

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CYGFM03 is classified as:

• Weather
• Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 41891
Int'l Code: 2016-078H
Perigee: 520.4 km
Apogee: 537.7 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)

CYGFM03 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 41891U 16078H   18263.77455037 +.00000334 +00000-0 +19386-4 0  9994
2 41891 034.9563 043.4055 0012496 136.4332 223.7368 15.14693054097713

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC