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TROPICS-1
Astra Rocket 3 · Earth Science
2022Space Launch Complex 46, Cape Canaveral
Mission
First two operational (TROPICS-02 & TROPICS-03) 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.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- Astra Space
- Rocket
- Astra Rocket 3
- Orbit
- LEO
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 46
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2 + NASA