Showing posts with label Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite. Show all posts

Friday, 16 December 2016

Rocket launches eight tiny NASA satellites to study hurricanes

 Rocket launches eight tiny NASA satellites to study hurricanes A rocket today propelled into orbit eight tiny NASA satellites meant to peer deeply into hurricanes and help scientists better understand how they gain force, the US space agency said. NASA's Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System mission, or CYGNSS, was launched aboard Orbital ATK's Pegasus rocket XL. The rocket was