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TROPICS Satellites Researcher Will McCarty of the TROPICS program in NASA's Earth Sciences Division said the missions are part of an innovation leap aimed at increasing the number of climate-focused satellites in space. To function properly, the four satellites must be launched in a period of up to 60 days, so the other two cubesats will be sent in two weeks. Originally, TROPICs missions were to be carried out through the European Space Agency's (ESA) unmanned Mars Express program, but were transferred to the Rocket Labs rocket in New Zealand.
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