Pegasus XL | 8 x CYGNSS
Cape Canaveral
Air launch to orbit
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8 x CYGNSS
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.
Pegasus XL
Height 17.60 Meters
Max Stages 3
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 580 kN
Diameter 1.27 Meters
Mass To LEO 443 kg
Liftoff Mass 23 Tonnes
Launch Success 28
Consecutive Success 25
Maiden Flight 1994-06-27
Launch Failures 3
