Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
CYGNSS
The Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) is a space-based system developed by the University of Michigan and Southwest Research Institute with the aim of improving hurricane forecasting by better understanding the interactions between the sea and the air near the core of a storm.
Payloads: 8
Total Mass: 346.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Stargazer, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
2016
80th orbital launch attempt
Pegasus
43rd mission
1st mission of 2016
38th successful mission
29th consecutive successful mission