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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 aboard an Orbital ATK Pegasus XL rocket, deployed from an L-1011 aircraft. via NASA ift.tt/2gNzyLp
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View of NASA's CYGNSS Hurricane Mission Launch From Chase Plane was taken on December 12, 2016 at 03:04AM