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CYGFM03
Hurricane Wind Monitor · NASA / University of Michigan
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CYGNSS #3, the GPS hurricane hunter. Scientists discovered it can also measure soil moisture over land — an unexpected capability now used to improve flood forecasting in the Mississippi, Amazon, and Ganges basins. Satellites designed for one purpose routinely reveal capabilities their designers never imagined.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 229–234 mi (369–377 km)
- Inclination
- 34.9°
- One orbit
- 91.9 minutes15.7 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 41891
- Int’l designator
- 2016-078H
- Launched
- 2016
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 8 Nov 2026.