PREFIRE
Spacecraft PREFIRE
Spacecraft type CubeSat
Units or mass 6U
Organisation University of Wisconsin
Institution University
Entity Academic / Education
Country US
Manufacturer AIVT by ?
Partners NASA, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Costs $33 million
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Measuring the Arctic’s radiant energy and how this energy is affecting the Arctic warming.

Description

Measuring the Arctic’s radiant energy and how this energy is affecting the Arctic warming. Use miniaturized thermal spectrometers about the size of a penny.

PREFIRE makes the first full spectral measurements of Far InfraRed (FIR) radiation, revealing the full spectrum of Arctic radiant energy. It fills a major gap in our knowledge of the Arctic energy budget and the role of FIR radiation in Arctic warming, sea ice loss, ice sheet melt, and sea level rise.

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Related Spacecraft

Satellite Status Rocket Date Orbit
PREFIRE A (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far Infrared Experiment) not launched Electron 2024-05-30 not launched
PREFIRE B (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far Infrared Experiment) not launched Electron 2024-05-30 not launched

Last modified: 2023-12-18

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