Pegasus XL CYGNSS Final Wing Installation

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Pegasus XL CYGNSS Final Wing Installation

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Im Gebäude 1555 des Luftwaffenstützpunktes Vandenberg in Kalifornien führen Techniker und Ingenieure die letzten Flügelinstallationen an der Orbital ATK Pegasus XL-Rakete durch, die acht NASA Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) ins All schießen wird. Wenn die Vorbereitungen in Vandenberg abgeschlossen sind, wird die Rakete mit CYGNSS in ihrer Nutzlastverkleidung am Trägerflugzeug Orbital ATK L-1011 befestigt und zum Kennedy Space Center der NASA in Florida transportiert. Am 12. Dezember 2016 soll das Trägerflugzeug vom Skid Strip am Luftwaffenstützpunkt Cape Canaveral starten, und CYGNSS wird mit der Pegasus XL-Rakete starten, wobei die L-1011 vor der Küste fliegen wird. CYGNSS wird während des gesamten Lebenszyklus tropischer Stürme und Hurrikane häufige und genaue Messungen der Winde an der Meeresoberfläche durchführen. Die Daten, die CYGNSS liefert, werden es Wissenschaftlern ermöglichen, wichtige Wechselwirkungsprozesse zwischen Luft und Meer zu untersuchen, die in der Nähe des Kerns von Stürmen ablaufen, die sich rasch verändern und eine entscheidende Rolle bei der Entstehung und Intensivierung von Hurrikanen spielen.

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