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TROPICS CubeSats Launched by Rocket Lab

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Tom Patton
May 09, 2023
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The first of two dedicated Electron launches to deploy the TROPICS CubeSats for NASA lifted off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula.

“The TROPICS constellation has the real potential to save lives by providing more timely data about storm intensity and providing advance warning to those in storm paths."

Rocket Lab founder and…

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