NASA successfully launched the final pair of satellites for its TROPICS mission from New Zealand. The four CubeSats in the mission will provide hourly updates on tropical cyclones, improving upon the current six-hour intervals, to enhance the understanding and forecasting of hurricanes and typhoons.
The final pair of NASA’s TROPICS (Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats) are in orbit after successfully launching at 11:46 p.m. EDT, May 25, completing the constellation.
After successfully launching the first pair of small satellites earlier this month from New Zealand, NASA and Rocket Lab are now targeting no earlier than 1 a.m. EDT Tuesday, May 23 (5 p.m. NZST), to launch the second pair of storm tracking CubeSats
WASHINGTON, May 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ After successfully launching the first pair of small satellites earlier this month from New Zealand, NASA and Rocket Lab are now targeting no earlier