2023 · Rocket Lab
TROPICS-3
successElectron | Coming To A Storm Near You (TROPICS-3)
Last two operational (TROPICS-06 & TROPICS-07) satellites for NASA's Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of SmallSats (TROPICS) mission. The CubeSats are designed to provide rapid-refresh microwave measurements that can be used to determine temperature, pressure, and humidity inside hurricanes as they form and evolve.
Overview
- Date / time
- May 26, 2023 at 03:46 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
- Mission
- TROPICS-3
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit