CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- TROPICS
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Full Name
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Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS)
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Status
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Operational (nominal)
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Mission Agencies
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NASA
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Launch Date
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08 May 2023
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Mission Links
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EOL Date
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Oct 2025
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #s
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56442 (TLE), 56444 (TLE), 56753 (TLE), 56754 (TLE)
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International Designators
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2023-062A, 2023-062C, 2023-073B, 2023-073C
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Orbit Type
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Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
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Orbit Period
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Orbit Sense
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TBD
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Orbit Inclination
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30 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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550 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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Repeat Cycle
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Objectives and Applications
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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.
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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OpenSearch Datasets
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