TROPICS
NASA’s Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS) is an active constellation of four CubeSats that observes tropical cyclones with rapid-refresh microwave measurements to improve hurricane and typhoon forecasting.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of SmallsatsTROPICS Mission
- Name
- TROPICS
- Status
- active
Details
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- Description
- NASA’s Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS) is an active constellation of four CubeSats that observes tropical cyclones with rapid-refresh microwave measurements to improve hurricane and typhoon forecasting.
- Destination
- Low Earth orbits for the TROPICS constellation at approximately 540–550 km altitude and 33° inclination; the Pathfinder flew in a separate 97.5° sun-synchronous orbit
- Programs
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Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/tropics/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 20:09:22 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 21, 2026 at 09:40:15 UTC
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- Space Stations
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