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Pegasus XL | 8 x CYGNSS

December 15, 2016 at 1:37 PM UTC

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December 15, 2016 at 1:37 PM UTC

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Cape Canaveral

Air launch to orbit · 28.4556, -80.5278

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Cape Canaveral

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December 15, 2016 at 1:21 PM UTC
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December 15, 2016 at 2:21 PM UTC
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June 14, 2023 at 4:09 AM UTC

Mission description

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 lifecycle of tropical cyclones, typhoons & hurricanes.

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Vehicle

Pegasus XL

Pegasus

Height

17.6 m

Diameter

1.27 m

LEO capacity

443 kg

Successful launches

29

Launch complex

Cape Canaveral

Air launch to orbit

Cape Canaveral

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