Key statistics
Satellite TROPICS-06 at a glance.
Uptime
792
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.7
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
32.7
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for TROPICS-06.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: TROPICS-06
International designator: 2023-062C
Object number (NORAD): 56444
Object ID (CCSDS): 56444
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 91.986 minutes
Inclination: 32.7251 deg
SMA: 6750.09 km
Apoapsis: 374.979 km
Periapsis: 368.931 km
RAAN: 49.8189 deg
Eccentricy: 0.000448
Argument of periapsis: 19.8915 deg
Mean anomaly: 340.1945 deg
Mean motion: 15.65447263 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00051297 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0004907 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 7:28 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 TROPICS-06
TLE line 1: 1 56444U 23062C 25188.81173477 .00051297 00000-0 49070-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 56444 32.7251 49.8189 0004480 19.8915 340.1945 15.65447263121006
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite TROPICS-06.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Third and fourth operational (TROPICS-04 & TROPICS-05) 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.
TROPICS-06 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Electron | Rocket Like A Hurricane (TROPICS-2)’, on board a Electron space rocket.
The launch took place on May 8, 2023, 1 a.m. from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B.
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Electron | Rocket Like A Hurricane (TROPICS-2)
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 8, 2023, 1 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Electron
Launch pad: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
Location: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
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Latest news about this satellite
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NASA TROPICS Constellation Fully Operational & Ready For Hurricane Season
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TROPICS cubesat constellation ready for hurricane season
A quartet of cubesats launched in May to monitor the development of tropical storm systems is working just in time to support monitoring of the Atlantic hurricane season.
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