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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

Instrument Name Operational Date(s) Spectral Resolution Type of Instrument
TROPICS Millimeter-wave Sounder May 25, 2023 - present

W-band 92 GHz; F-band 114 to 119 GHz; G-band 183 and 204 GHz

Earth Observation Satellite

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