Rocket Lab Electron successfully launched a pair of NASA storm-monitoring satellites from New Zealand on Monday.

The mission was named "Rocket Like A Hurricane" and had two CubeSats on board.

The mission will create a constellation of tropical cyclone monitoring satellites for NASA, known as TROPICS.

The satellites will provide rapid-refresh microwave measurements over the tropics to better understand storm systems.

The satellites were launched on two separate orbital planes spaced 180 degrees opposite.

This unique orbit will allow the orbitals to traverse over any storm at an hour interval, better than the six hours of current weather tracking satellites.

The TROPICS constellation has the potential to save lives by providing more timely data about storm intensity and advance warning to those in storm paths.

The second pair of CubeSats are scheduled to launch in two weeks from Mahia's Complex 1.

Astra failed to deploy two of the small weather satellites nearly a year ago.

Astra failed to deploy two of the small weather satellites nearly a year ago.

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