Storm-scanning satellites enter operations phase
Monday, April 3, 2017 - 15:01
in Astronomy & Space
NASA's Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) mission has successfully completed its development and commissioning phase and moved into the operations phase. The constellation of eight microsatellites—the first engineered and fabricated by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)—has now started on-orbit instrument calibration and validation and is on track to collect data for the 2017 hurricane season.