SHAFAQNA SCIENCE- The two cubesats, the founding members of the agency’s TROPICS network, launched atop a Rocket Lab Electron rocket, which lifted off from the company’s New Zealand site.
About 33 minutes after liftoff, the Electron deployed the shoebox-sized TROPICS cubesats into low Earth orbit, about 340 miles (550 kilometers) above Earth.
The TROPICS cubesats will measure the hour-by-hour formation and progression of tropical cyclones and hurricanes with enhanced specificity.
Source: space