An image of Tropical Cyclone Batsirai over Madagascar captured by the TROPICS Pathfinder satellite in February 2022.
Credits: NASA
NASA and Astra Space are targeting no earlier than Sunday, June 12, for the first launch of NASA's Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS) mission. Two CubeSats, each about the size of a loaf of bread, will launch aboard Astras Rocket 3.3 from Space Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
NASA is offering limited virtual interview opportunities beginning at 3:30 p.m. EDT on Friday, June 10. There are three blocks of individual interview availabilities with the following participants:
- Dr. Will McCarty, program scientist, NASA Earth Science Division
- Dr. Aaron Pina, deputy program scientist, NASA Earth Science Division
- Ben Kim, program executive, NASA Earth Science Division
- Dr. William Blackwell, TROPICS principal investigator, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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