Uploaded December 2016 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Detailed Mission Info: spaceflight101.com/cygnss
Eight miniature hurricane research satellites soared into orbit on Thursday atop a Pegasus XL rocket dropped from a modified Jumbo Jet over the Atlantic Ocean, beginning a mission to peer into the most dynamic regions of the world’s cyclones to improve storm forecasting.
Strapped to the bottom of an L-1011 carrier aircraft taking off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the winged Pegasus was dropped at 13:37 UTC and fell for five seconds before firing up its powerful first stage to begin a 14-minute climb into orbit using a stack of three solid rocket motors.
Detailed Mission Info: spaceflight101.com/cygnss
Eight miniature hurricane research satellites soared into orbit on Thursday atop a Pegasus XL rocket dropped from a modified Jumbo Jet over the Atlantic Ocean, beginning a mission to peer into the most dynamic regions of the world’s cyclones to improve storm forecasting.
Strapped to the bottom of an L-1011 carrier aircraft taking off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the winged Pegasus was dropped at 13:37 UTC and fell for five seconds before firing up its powerful first stage to begin a 14-minute climb into orbit using a stack of three solid rocket motors.
