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NASA's Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS) platform consists of 12 CubeSats in three low-Earth orbital planes. This altitude enables the CubeSats to collect data about specific storms as often as every hour, providing valuable data about tropical cyclones from multiple views.
Type
Earth Observation Satellite
Data Center
GES DISC
Launch
May 25, 2023
Objective
Improve forecasting for hurricanes and typhoons
Instruments Aboard TROPICS
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