BackForward Satellite: TROPICS-02 

Satellite details
Acronym TROPICS-02
Full name Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats - 02
WIGOS Station Identifier ---
Satellite Description
  • 2nd flight unit of the TROPICS constellation failed at launch.
  • Mission: to monitor changes in tropical cyclones to provide a 60 min median refresh rate (when the 7-satellite constellation is fully deployed).
Mass at launch 3.9 kg Dry mass
Power
Data access link https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov
Data access information
  • Data distributed by the NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC)
Orbit Drifting orbit Altitude 550 km
Inclination 30 °

 

Space agency NASA
Status Lost at launch
Details on Status
(as available)
Launch 12 Jun 2022 EOL 12 Jun 2022
Last update: 2023-11-01
Associated satellite programme and related satellites

Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational , blue tag : future

Satellite Payload

All known Instruments flying on TROPICS-02

Acronym Full name
TMS TROPICS Millimeter-wave Sounder
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