PREFIRE And Ice (PREFIRE 2)

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 5 June 2024, 03:15 am UTC

Rocket: Electron

Provider: Rocket Lab

Mission

Type: Earth Science

Orbit: Polar Orbit

Pad: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Mission Description

Second 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.