Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Astra Space
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
LEO
Mission type
Earth Science
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Sun, 12 Jun 2022 17:43:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#6246 ever
Go probability
40%
Failure
Premature second stage shutdown. Cause is not yet known.
Mission
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.