flown missionFailure
Astra Rocket 3 | TROPICS-1
Astra SpaceSpace Launch Complex 46 — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
mission
- Name
- TROPICS-1
- Type
- Earth Science
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Weather probability
- 40% go
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.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
- Fail reason
- Premature second stage shutdown. Cause is not yet known.
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Astra Rocket 3
- Family
- Astra Rocket
- Variant
- 3
- Provider
- Astra Space
- Type
- Commercial
- Country
- USA
webcasts
launch site
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 46
- Location
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 28.4584, -80.5284