2022 · Astra Space
TROPICS-1
failureAstra Rocket 3 | TROPICS-1
First two operational (TROPICS-02 & TROPICS-03) satellites for NASA's Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of SmallSats (TROPICS) mission. The CubeSats are designed to provide rapid-refresh microwave measurements that can be used to determine temperature, pressure, and humidity inside hurricanes as they form and evolve.
Overview
- Date / time
- June 12, 2022 at 05:43 PM UTC
- Outcome
- failure
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 46
- Mission
- TROPICS-1
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit
FailurePremature second stage shutdown. Cause is not yet known.