Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
13:37:00
Thursday December 15, 2016
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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.
Low Earth Orbit
8 Payloads
346 kilograms
Agency
NorthropPrice
$40.00 million
Rocket
Height: 17.6m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 443 kg
Liftoff Thrust
561 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 1.15m
Height: 2.13m
Stages
4
43rd
Mission
1st
Mission of 2016
80th
Orbital launch attempt