Rocket Lab successfully launches NASA's hurricane-watching CubeSats.

Rocket Lab is set to launch two tiny NASA satellites, TROPICS cubesats, on a hurricane-studying mission from New Zealand's North Island. The satellites will investigate intense tropical storms in terms of precipitation, temperature, and humidity nearly hourly, providing more frequent imaging to improve situational awareness when a hurricane forms. The TROPICS constellation will orbit Earth at an altitude of around 342 miles with an inclination of around 30 degrees.