Pegasus XL | 8 x CYGNSS

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: Orbital ATK (Commercial)
• Rocket: Pegasus XL — Pegasus family

Mission

CYGNSS or Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System is a NASA developed system to improve hurricane forecasting. It is a constellation of 8 small observation satellites, 27.5 kg each, that will make accurate measurements of ocean surface winds in and near the eye of the storm throughout the lifecycle of tropical cyclones, typhoons & hurricanes.

• Type: Earth Science
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Launch Site

• Pad: Cape Canaveral
• Location: Air launch to orbit
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