Contact was successfully established at 11:42AM EST through the Hawaii ground station. Contact with the second CYGNSS micro-satellite is expected at approximately 1:20pm EST.
First CYGNSS micro-satellite is healthy!
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Contact was successfully established at 11:42AM EST through the Hawaii ground station. Contact with the second CYGNSS micro-satellite is expected at approximately 1:20pm EST.
Hurricane forecasters will soon have a new tool to better understand and forecast storm intensity. A constellation of eight microsatellites, called NASA’s Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System mission, or CYGNSS, got a boost into Earth orbit at 8:37 a.m. EST today, Dec. 15, aboard an Orbital ATK Pegasus XL rocket. The unique, air-launched vehicle was …
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Teams in the control rooms at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida are applauding the final successful deployment of the CYGNSS observatories.
Final deployment, of observatories B and D, is coming up.
Standing by for F and H!
CYGNSS observatories A and C have been successfully deployed! Standing by for E and G in about 30 seconds.
The eight satellites will deploy in pairs at 30-second intervals beginning 13 minutes and 4 seconds into the flight.
Deployment of the CYGNSS payload is coming up in about five minutes. Now that the final engine burn is complete, the vehicle is in orbit.
The final burn of today’s CYGNSS launch is underway with the ignition of the Pegasus XL rocket’s third stage.