CYGFM05

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CYGFM05 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 41884

Int'l Code: 2016-078A

Perigee: 487.4 km

Apogee: 503.7 km

Inclination: 35.0 °

Period: 94.4 minutes

Semi major axis: 6866 km

RCS: Unknown

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

CYGFM05 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 41884U 16078A   24117.60806192  .00016757  00000-0  63847-3 0  9991
2 41884  34.9545 267.3517 0011853  84.4970 275.7097 15.25794156408192

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC