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CYGFM02
Hurricane Wind Monitor · NASA / University of Michigan
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CYGNSS spacecraft #2, part of the eight-satellite GPS-reflectometry constellation. The full constellation revisits any tropical ocean point every 7 hours — fast enough to catch rapid intensification events that turn a Category 1 into a Category 4 overnight, the deadliest and most forecast-resistant phenomenon in tropical meteorology.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 210–216 mi (338–347 km)
- Inclination
- 34.9°
- One orbit
- 91.2 minutes15.8 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 41886
- Int’l designator
- 2016-078C
- Launched
- 2016
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 7 Nov 2026.