3.1K views · 141 reactions | LIVE: Rocket Lab launches second batch of a NASA spacecraft constellation Rocket Lab launches second batch of a NASA spacecraft constellation known as TROPICS (Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats) from Mahia, New Zealand. #Reuters #live #news #topstories #topnews #NASA #TROPICS #space | Reuters | Facebook

23K views · 1K reactions | A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched the second pair of NASA TROPICS cubesats from New Zealand's North Island at 11:46 p.m. EDT on May 25, 2023 (0346 GMT on May 26). Full Story  https://trib.al/l8HRuf3 Credit: Rocket Lab | Space.com | Facebook

Rocket Lab has launched their Electron Rocket on the “The Lightning God Reigns” mission lifting off from Launch Complex 1B on the Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand. On board todays mission, was the QPS-SAR-9 imaging satellite, for Japan-based Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS), as part of a constellation that will include 24 satellites when fully deployed by 2027. 🎥 Rocket Lab | NASASpaceflight.com