The Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate (COSMIC-2): 5 Years of Operational Terrestrial and Space Weather Observations

The 6-satellite COSMIC-2 constellation was launched into a low inclination, low Earth orbit in June 2019. In the 5+ years since launch, COSMIC-2 has provided reliable low latency radio occultation observations of both the neutral atmosphere and ionosphere to drive operational terrestrial numerical weather prediction and space weather models. This presentation will provide an overview of the evolution of COSMIC-2 capabilities, including the development of new equatorial ionospheric scintillation monitoring capabilities, and also provide an outlook for COSMIC-2 contributions moving into the future.