Photo: Jeff Caplan, Langley Research Centre, NASA · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Earth Science · LEO
CYGNSS or Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System is a NASA developed system to improve hurricane forecasting. It is a constellation of 8 small observation satellites, 27.5 kg each, that will make accurate measurements of ocean surface winds in and near the eye of the storm throughout the…
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| CYGFM05 2016-078A | Payload | 376 × 386 km · 35.0° | Globe |
| CYGFM04 2016-078B | Payload | 357 × 365 km · 34.9° | Globe |
| CYGFM02 2016-078C | Payload | 339 × 349 km · 34.9° | Globe |
| CYGFM01 2016-078D | Payload | 374 × 383 km · 34.9° | Globe |
| CYGFM08 2016-078E | Payload | 362 × 373 km · 34.9° | Globe |
| CYGFM06 2016-078F | Payload | re-entered 2024-06-13 | |
| CYGFM07 2016-078G | Payload | 362 × 371 km · 34.9° | Globe |
| CYGFM03 2016-078H | Payload | 363 × 371 km · 34.9° | Globe |
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| PEGASUS R/B 2016-078J | Rocket body | re-entered 2026-10-10 |
COSPAR ID 2016-078 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).