A joint mission from the federal space agency and Rocket Lab aims to loft four cube satellites across two launches and acquire hourly data on extreme storms.
But still, NASA scientists are hopeful the four remaining, small-scale satellites will make it into orbit and offer more information on hurricanes and other dangerous weather systems than we’ve ever had available before.
The humidity, wind, and temperature readings offered by TROPICS are expected to “fill in the data voids” that currently exist in forecasting and storm monitoring, saidIf both launches go well and all four CubeSats make it to space, the constellation of 10-on storm systems and help to improve forecasting as well as storm modeling, McCarthy added.
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