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Satellite:
TROPICS-06
Satellite details
Acronym
TROPICS-06
Full name
Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats - 06
Satellite Description
6th flight unit of the TROPICS constellation.
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
Planned
Details on Status (as
available)
Launch
Jul 2022
EOL
≥2032
Last update:
2022-05-09
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-06
Acronym
Full name
TMS
TROPICS Millimeter-wave Sounder
Show instrument status and calibration
Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
TROPICS-06
* The information in this field is estimated or assumed