All eight microsatellites of the CYGNSS fleet. The fleet uses reflected GPS signals to monitor developing tropical hurricanes and cyclones.
The CYGNSS mission that includes the eight microsatellites was successfully rocketed on Thursday toward space to monitor hurricanes.
NASA aborts the launching of the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) due to hardware anomaly and weather issue.
A cluster of eight satellites will be launched by NASA today to improve the forecast of hurricanes.
Dubbed as Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System, each is designed and developed by NASA to track and measure wind speeds.
NASA will introduce small satellites to tackle scientific issues touching the planet Earth in November and the coming year.