We’ve seen Hurricane Dorian from inside the eye, from satellites and looking down from the International Space Station. A tiny experimental NASA weather satellite has now given us a fascinating view from under the hurricane’s hood.
Tempest-D is a CubeSat roughly the size of a box of cereal. This inexpensive satellite is on a demonstration mission to show if it can track storms. If successful, it could set the stage for launching a series of low-cost CubeSats that can follow storms across the globe.
A look inside ??#HurricaneDorian with @NASA's experimental weather CubeSat, TEMPEST-D. While only the size of a cereal box, this satellite technology demo could help improve global storm coverage and forecasting data: https://t.co/ajnm0KRNCP pic.twitter.com/Ci0S0khENT
— NASA Earth (@NASAEarth) September 4, 2019
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