Alpha INCUS

INCUS (Investigation of Convective Updrafts) is a NASA Earth Venture mission flying three small-satellite atmospheric-science observatories on Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island. The spacecraft operate in coordinated low-Earth orbit to make rapid-repeat observations of convective storms, measuring updraft behavior and convective mass flux to improve understanding of severe weather and climate processes.

A Firefly Alpha rocket will launch the INCUS mission. The launch date is currently targeted for October, 2026 (UTC).