2024 · Rocket Lab
PREFIRE And Ice (PREFIRE 2)
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Second 6U Cubesat carrying a miniaturized IR spectrometer, covering 0- 45 μm at 0.84 μm spectral resolution, operating for one seasonal cycle for NASAs PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission.
Overview
- Date / time
- June 5, 2024 at 03:15 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
- Mission
- PREFIRE And Ice (PREFIRE 2)
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit achieved
- Polar Orbit