Rocket Lab PREFIRE and Ice Launch
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Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket called “PREFIRE and Ice,” is vertical on the pad awaiting liftoff at Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, ahead of NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission Wednesday, June 5, 2024. The mission, the second of two launches for NASA’S PREFIRE, features two identical 6U CubeSats in asynchronous, near-polar orbits, will study how much of Earth’s heat is lost to space from the Arctic and Antarctica.
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Rocket Lab PREFIRE and Ice Launch. Credit: NASA / KSC.
Rocket Lab PREFIRE and Ice Launch. Credit: NASA / KSC.
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