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CYGFM05
Hurricane Wind Monitor · NASA / University of Michigan
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CYGNSS #5, flying with seven sisters to build continuous tropical ocean coverage. Its GPS-reflectometry approach captures wave height patterns encoding wind speed information invisible to traditional weather satellites looking straight down through rain-filled clouds.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 244–248 mi (392–399 km)
- Inclination
- 35.0°
- One orbit
- 92.3 minutes15.6 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 41884
- Int’l designator
- 2016-078A
- Launched
- 2016
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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