2024 · Rocket Lab

Ready, Aim, PREFIRE (PREFIRE 1)

successElectron | Ready, Aim, PREFIRE (PREFIRE 1)

First 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: May 25, 2024 at 07:41 AM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
Mission: Ready, Aim, PREFIRE (PREFIRE 1)
Mission type: Earth Science
Orbit achieved: Polar Orbit

Payloads deployed · 1

PREFIRE-2

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