Two satellites designed by NASA to study tropical cyclones, including hurricanes and typhoons, are in orbit after the successful launch on Monday.
The first pair of the U.S. space agency's TROPICS CubeSats (Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats) lifted off aboard an Electron rocket from Rocket Lab's Launch Complex 1 Pad B in Mahia, New Zealand. Team members successfully sent commands to the first CubeSat at 1:48 a.m. EDT, Monday. Subsequently, they established communications with the second CubeSat at 6:31 a.m. EDT.
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