Objectives and Applications
Use a constellation of advanced cubesat passive microwave radiometers providing average revisit time of 30 minutes to improve the understanding and prediction of the impact of environmental temperature and humidity, precipitation evolution, including diurnal cycle, and warm-core strength on the evolution of tropical cyclone structure, size, and intensity.
Full Name
Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS)
Mission Status
Operational (nominal)
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
08 May 2023
Mission Links
EOL Date
Oct 2025
Orbit Type
Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
TBD
Orbit Inclination
30 deg
Orbit Altitude
550 km
Orbit Longitude
NORAD Catalog #s
International Designators
TROPICS - Microwave Spectrometer (TROPICS) |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Atmospheric Humidity Fields | TROPICS |
| Liquid water and precipitation rate | TROPICS |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | TROPICS |
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