Rocket Lab Launches NASA's First PREFIRE Cubesat to Study Polar Heat Emissions
The mission aims to enhance climate models by measuring far-infrared radiation from Earth's poles.
- The Electron rocket successfully launched the first PREFIRE cubesat from New Zealand.
- PREFIRE's data will help predict sea ice loss, ice sheet melt, and sea level rise.
- The second identical cubesat will launch in the coming days to complete the mission.
- PREFIRE cubesats carry thermal infrared spectrometers to measure polar heat emissions.
- This mission is part of NASA's Earth Venture program, with a budget of nearly $33 million.
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