RainCube 6U CubeSat with fully-deployed antenna. This satellite is one of several small satellites forming the payload for Orbital ATK's Cygnus spacecraft. They were launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on an Antares rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), Virginia, USA. The CubeSats were deployed into low-Earth orbit on 21 May 2018. Their mission is is test new technologies for predicting weather, helping meteorologists better understand weather events such as storms. Image published in May 2018. | |
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