NASA's INCUS Mission Completes Assembly of Two SmallSats for Tropical Storm Study, Targeting 2027 Launch
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NASA's INCUS mission, the first space-based survey of tropical convective storm dynamics, has completed assembly and testing of two of its three SmallSats. The three satellites will fly in tight coordination in low Earth orbit, with precise 30-second and 90-second separations between them. Testing on the third SmallSat is scheduled for completion no earlier than September, ahead of a planned 2027 launch. The mission aims to study the sudden and intense dynamics of tropical convective storms from space.
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bskyNASA's INCUS Mission Completes Assembly of Two SmallSats for Tropical Storm Study, Targeting 2027 Launchnasa.govKey quotes
· 3 pulledTeams working on NASA's INCUS (Investigation of Convective Updrafts) mission, the first space-based survey of the dynamics of tropical convective storms, have completed assembly and tested two of the mission's small satellites, or SmallSats.
The three satellites will fly in tight coordination in low Earth orbit, with the first and second satellites separated by 30 seconds and the second and third satellite by 90 seconds.
Testing continues on the third SmallSat and is scheduled for completion no earlier than September in advance of a 2027 launch.
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