CYGFM08

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CYGFM08 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 41888

Int'l Code: 2016-078E

Perigee: 485.1 km

Apogee: 502.5 km

Inclination: 34.9 °

Period: 94.3 minutes

Semi major axis: 6864 km

RCS: Unknown

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

CYGFM08 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 41888U 16078E   24115.53903025  .00017578  00000-0  65744-3 0  9998
2 41888  34.9457 272.8298 0012676  81.1180 279.0970 15.26388535407980

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC