Tag: CYGNSS
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Photos: Hurricane research satellites readied for launch
Eight miniature weather observatories, each the size of a piece of carry-on luggage, were installed on a specially-designed deployer module and mounted on the front end of an air-launched Pegasus XL rocket to prepare for Monday’s flight into orbit. The spacecraft are part of NASA’s Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System, or CYGNSS, a $157 million project…
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Video: Preview briefing on NASA’s CYGNSS mission to improve hurricane forecasting
Learn about the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System — NASA’s fleet of hurricane-tracking satellites — launching together on Dec. 12 from Cape Canaveral aboard a Pegasus rocket. The eight small satellites comprising the CYGNSS constellation will help improve hurricane intensity, track and storm surge forecasts. This NASA news conference held Nov. 10 details the CYGNSS…