NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

CYGNSS

Launch Time
Thu Dec 15, 2016 13:37 UTC

Rocket

Pegasus XL
Northrop
Status: Active
Price: $40.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 561 kN
Payload to LEO: 443 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 17.6 m
Fairing Diameter: 1.15 m
Fairing Height: 2.13 m

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