Electron • ‘PREFIRE and Ice’

May 30, 2024 Will Robinson-Smith

A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched the second of a pair of NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) CubeSats. These satellites will study the heat trapped in and lost by the polar regions of the Earth. Delayed from May 31 due to a sensor issue.