Liftoff for PREFIRE and Ice! Rocket Lab Launches Second Polar Heat CubeSat
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched from New Zealand, carrying the second NASA PREFIRE satellite. This mission is aimed at understanding Earth’s heat loss to…
NASA PREFIRE News
PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) is a NASA mission that aims to measure Earth’s radiant energy loss in the far-infrared spectrum from the Arctic and Antarctica. Utilizing two CubeSats in near-polar orbits, PREFIRE seeks to enhance our understanding of polar climate dynamics and improve climate models.
NASA and Rocket Lab Gear Up for Second PREFIRE Satellite Launch
NASA plans to launch the second CubeSat for its PREFIRE mission on June 1, utilizing advanced technology to study Earth’s polar heat emissions and contribute…
NASA’s PREFIRE Climate Change CubeSat Launched To Decode Earth’s Polar Mysteries
NASA’s PREFIRE mission uses CubeSats to track heat emissions from Earth’s poles, enhancing predictions for sea ice loss and climate change impacts. The first of…
NASA PREFIRE Postponed: Arctic Heat Mission Launch Delayed Due to Severe Storms
NASA and Rocket Lab have postponed the launch of NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission to no earlier than Saturday, May…
5 Things To Know About the PREFIRE Mission – NASA’s Tiny Twin Polar Satellites
NASA’s PREFIRE mission, utilizing twin CubeSats, will measure the far-infrared energy emitted by Earth’s polar regions to boost our understanding of how much heat Earth’s…
NASA’s PREFIRE Mission To Study Polar Heat Escape Set To Launch
Data from NASA’s PREFIRE mission will improve our understanding of how the Arctic and Antarctic help to regulate Earth’s climate, the mechanisms of polar ice…
Unlocking Earth’s Coldest Secrets With NASA’s PREFIRE Satellites
Launching in spring 2024, the two small satellites of the agency’s PREFIRE mission will fill in missing data from Earth’s polar regions. Two new miniature…
NASA and Rocket Lab: Launching the PREFIRE Arctic Warming Experiment
Data from the PREFIRE mission will inform climate and ice models, providing better projections of how a warming world will affect sea ice loss, ice…