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TROPICS Constellation to be Launched from New Zealand

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Tom Patton
Apr 13, 2023
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NASA’s TROPICS constellation will be launched by Rocket Lab across two dedicated Electron missions lifting off from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand next month.

“With the 2023 hurricane season fast approaching, time is of the essence for these missions."

Rocket Lab CEL Peter Beck.

The TROPICS constellation (Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Struct…

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