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

Rocket Lab is set to launch the final batch of NASA's TROPICS constellation, made up of five 3U cubesats, into orbit on its Electron rocket on May 27. The TROPICS satellites will provide hourly measurements on cyclone activity in the Atlantic and West Pacific regions, improving our understanding of how these storms evolve over time and intensity and direction forecasts for cyclones. The constellation was originally supposed to be made up of 12 satellites but was later reduced to just seven.