Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment Twin CubeSat Observatory
NASA’s PREFIRE is a pair of CubeSats launched in May 2024 to measure far-infrared heat emitted by Earth’s Arctic and Antarctic regions. JPL manages the mission and provides the spectrometers; NASA extended the active mission through at least September 2026 to improve climate and ice-loss models.
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Identity
- Aliases
- PREFIREPolar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed ExperimentPREFIRE CubeSat missionPREFIRE twin spacecraft
- Family Name
- PREFIRE
- Full Name
- Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment Twin CubeSat Observatory
- Roles
- orbiterobservatoryresearch
- Status
- active
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- NASA’s PREFIRE is a pair of CubeSats launched in May 2024 to measure far-infrared heat emitted by Earth’s Arctic and Antarctic regions. JPL manages the mission and provides the spectrometers; NASA extended the active mission through at least September 2026 to improve climate and ice-loss models.
- First Flight Year
- 2,024
- Operator
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/prefire/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 15, 2026 at 05:43:23 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 15, 2026 at 05:43:23 UTC