![A Rocket Lab Electron rocket stands on Pad B, Launch Complex 1, in Māhia, New Zealand, just ahead of liftoff at 3:46 p.m. NZST Friday, May 26, with NASA’s TROPICS CubeSats secured in the payload fairing atop the rocket.](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/ksc-20230526-ph-rkl01_0003orig.jpg)
TROPICS Prepped to Track Storms
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket stands on Pad B, Launch Complex 1, in Māhia, New Zealand, just ahead of a successful launch on Friday, May 26, with NASA’s Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS) CubeSats payload.
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