Pegasus XL CYGNSS Second Launch Attempt

In the Mission Director's Center at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Omar Baez, a senior launch director in NASA's Launch Services Program at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, center, monitors the progress of preparations to launch eight Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System, or CYGNSS, spacecraft. Seated to his left, facing the camera, is Tim Dunn, launch director for the CYGNSS mission. The CYGNSS satellites will make frequent and accurate measurements of ocean surface winds throughout the life cycle of tropical storms and hurricanes. The data that CYGNSS provides will enable scientists to probe key air-sea interaction processes that take place near the core of storms, which are rapidly changing and play a crucial role in the beginning and intensification of hurricanes.