Rocket Lab Launches Storm-Tracking NASA Satellites
Rocket Lab launched a second batch of “shoebox-sized” NASA satellites into orbit from New Zealand on Friday, May 26.
NASA said the satellites “will provide near-hourly data that could improve forecasts of tropical cyclones and severe weather.”
The two satellites launched Friday joined two others already in orbit as part of NASA’s TROPICS program. Credit: NASA via Storyful
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- 3, 2, 1. Liftoff.
[ENGINE ROARING]
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- And that is a beautiful liftoff for Electron. The final two TROPICS satellites are on their way and coming to a storm near you.
- 3, 2, 1. Liftoff.
[ENGINE ROARING]
- HPV discharge--
- And that is a beautiful liftoff for Electron. The final two TROPICS satellites are on their way and coming to a storm near you.
- 3, 2--