Rocket Lab's Electron rocket, aptly named "Ready, Aim, PREFIRE," stands poised on the launch pad at the company's facility in Mahia, New Zealand, with the first CubeSat ready for lift-off. Photo Credit: NASA
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NASA’s PREFIRE Mission Successfully Launched to Measure Earth’s Polar Heat Radiation
NASA has successfully launched the Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment (PREFIRE) mission, deploying a pair of CubeSats, each the size of a shoebox, to measure the heat Earth radiates into space from its polar regions. These CubeSats are now in orbit, focusing on capturing data from two of the coldest and most remote areas on the planet: the Arctic and Antarctica.