CYGNSS satellite six was contacted at 3:01 p.m. EST, seven at 3:28 EST, both by the ground station in Chile. One more to go!
Satellites Six and Seven Contacted
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CYGNSS satellite six was contacted at 3:01 p.m. EST, seven at 3:28 EST, both by the ground station in Chile. One more to go!
The fifth CYGNSS satellite was contacted at 1:53 p.m. EST — also at a Chile ground station. Three to go!
The fourth satellite was contacted at 1:48 p.m. EST through a ground station in Chile — four more to go!
The second satellite was contacted at 1:21 p.m. EST through our Hawaii ground station, the third at 1:24 p.m. Both are healthy. Five to go!
External and internal cargo is currently being unloaded from Japan’s sixth H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-6) to visit the International Space Station. The Expedition 50 commander also talked to students on Earth today and helped the rest of the crew with space research and orbital lab maintenance. Commander Shane Kimbrough continued unpacking gear and fresh food …
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.