NASA’s INCUS Satellites Progress Toward Launch
8 Jun 2026, 15:22 GMT
Topic: Investigation of Convective Updrafts (INCUS)
Source URL: https://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/nasas-incus-satellites-progress-toward-launch/
Description One of the three satellites that make up NASA’s INCUS (Investigation of Convective Updrafts) mission sits on a fixture at the facilities of Blue Canyon Technologies in Lafayette, Colorado. 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