"TROPICS cubesat constellation: Boosting hurricane season preparedness"

NASA's TROPICS cubesat constellation, consisting of four small satellites equipped with microwave radiometers, is ready to monitor tropical storm systems during the Atlantic hurricane season. The constellation, optimized for the tropical storm belt, can provide high-quality data and revisit weather systems every hour, allowing for better tracking of storm dynamics. Initial analysis of the data is promising, and the mission aims to make the data available to the public in the coming months. The TROPICS technology is also being transferred to the private sector for use in Tomorrow.io's constellation of 18 cubesats for collecting weather data.