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Launch Schedule

PREFIRE

When

June 4, 2024 11:00 pm

Mission

PREFIRE
PREFIRE

This artist’s concept depicts one of two PREFIRE CubeSats in orbit around Earth. The NASA mission will measure the amount of far-infrared radiation the planet’s polar regions shed to space – information that’s key to understanding Earth’s energy balance.

The second CubeSat launch of the agency’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission to study heat loss to space in Earth’s polar regions. The CubeSat will launch aboard Rocket Lab's Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 in Māhia, New Zealand.