{"id":449428,"date":"2026-06-09T01:22:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T15:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/photojournal\/nasas-incus-satellites-progress-toward-launch\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T01:22:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T15:22:07","slug":"nasas-incus-satellites-progress-toward-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=449428","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s INCUS Satellites Progress Toward Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-article-hero-header nasa-gb-align-full bg-carbon-90 width-full maxw-full color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full alignfull wp-block-nasa-blocks-article-hero-header\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper width-full maxw-full minh-tablet grid-container minh-tablet flex-column padding-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-foreground-wrapper display-flex flex-direction-column\">\n<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block margin-top-auto width-full maxw-desktop-lg padding-y-9 padding-x-3 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The satellite completed testing in preparation for launch in late May 2026. The mission will make the first space-based survey of the dynamics of tropical convective storms.<\/p>\n<p>The three nearly identical satellites will fly in tight coordination in low Earth orbit, with the first and second satellites separated by 30 seconds, and the second and third satellite separated by 90 seconds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Each satellites carries a radar designed to observe the vertical motion of air and water \u2014 known as convective mass flux \u2014 as storms develop and evolve. The middle satellite will also carry a microwave radiometer.<\/p>\n<p>The INCUS mission is set to launch in 2027 from NASA\u2019s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>Funded through the Earth Venture Mission-3 acquisition under NASA\u2019s Earth System Science Pathfinder Program and led by principal investigator Sue van den Heever at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, INCUS is one of several missions fulfilling the clouds, convection, and precipitation requirements of NASA\u2019s Earth System Observatory, a set of interconnected missions set to study our home planet\u2019s dynamic natural systems and how they interact. 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