The TROPICS Pathfinder – a satellite designed to test the technology, communications systems, and data processing ahead of the full constellation – successfully launched on June 30, 2021. https://go.nasa.gov/41Prmg0 #NASAEarth
On August 8, NASA’s TROPICS Pathfinder satellite captured global first light images as well as a look inside the structure of Hurricane Ida before and after it made landfall.
