KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — NASA has launched a new mission that may help us with forecasting future hurricanes.
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They plan to have four satellites, each the size of a loaf of bread, orbit about 340 miles above the Earth’s surface.
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The satellites will capture hourly observations of the rain, temperature, and humidity of tropical storms.
They launched the first two satellites over the weekend.
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