CYGNSS

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

13:37:00

Thursday December 15, 2016

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CYGNSS

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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

Rocket

Active
Pegasus XL

Active Since 1994

Northrop Grumman logo

Agency

Northrop

Price

$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

Launch Site

Stargazer

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

92 days 15 hours

Stats

Pegasus


43rd

Mission

1st

Mission of 2016

2016


80th

Orbital launch attempt