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CYGNSS  

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  • The CYGNSS mission will use eight micro-satellites to measure wind speeds over Earth's oceans, increasing the ability of scientists to understand and predict hurricanes. Each satellite will take information based on the signals from four GPS satellites. More information: https://www.nasa.gov/cygnss http://clasp-research.engin.umich.edu/missions/cygnss/ (en)

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  • 2016-12-09 15:28:43.0 [sritz] Insert Concept add broader relation (CYGNSS [18fd52d4-c60c-4ef5-b39a-960ae9916472,278541] - Earth Observation Satellites [3466eed1-2fbb-49bf-ab0b-dc08731d502b,256549]);
  • 2016-12-09 15:29:13.0 [sritz] insert AltLabel (id: null text: Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System language code: en);
  • 2016-12-09 15:31:22.0 [sritz] insert Definition (id: null text: The CYGNSS mission will use eight micro-satellites to measure wind speeds over Earth's oceans, increasing the ability of scientists to understand and predict hurricanes. Each satellite will take information based on the signals from four GPS satellites. More information: https://www.nasa.gov/cygnss http://clasp-research.engin.umich.edu/missions/cygnss/ language code: en);

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/18fd52d4-c60c-4ef5-b39a-960ae9916472

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