On May 8th, 2023, Rocket Lab successfully completed the first of two launches to deploy NASA’s Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS) mission across two separate Electron launches. The first mission - Rocket Like A Hurricane - was Rocket Lab’s 36th Electron launch overall and lifted-off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand. #rocket #rockets #spacelaunch #space #rocketlab #rocketry #spacerocket #nasa

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