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Name Origin
The name "PREFIRE And Ice" highlights the mission's primary payload: NASA's PREFIRE experiment, dedicated to studying Earth's polar ice and its radiant energy with far-infrared instruments.
"PREFIRE And Ice"
Mission Overview
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.
Technical Details
Vehicle
Electron
Launch Site
LC-1B
Unknown
Target Orbit
Polar Orbit
Mission Type
Earth Science
Payload Mass
15 kg
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