Hurricane-Tracking Cubesats Delivered Into Orbit By Rocket Lab

Credit: Rocket Lab
Less than a year after losing their ride to space, a pair of novel hurricane-tracking cubesats have been delivered into orbit for NASA, with another two due to lift off in two weeks. The first two members of the Tropics constellation were lost in June 2022 when the upper stage of Astra’s Rocket 3.3...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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