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Pre-launch anticipation of PREFIRE CubeSat science
February 12, 2024Heading into space in late spring 2024 from a seaside launchpad in New Zealand, the dual PREFIRE CubeSats will soon begin their work! Although small in size, they will provide important measurements about how well the Earth's polar regions are able to cool off.
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PREFIRE Launch Announcement!
August 30, 2023NASA has selected the launch provider for the PREFIRE mission. Rocket Lab USA Inc. of Long Beach, California will launch both PREFIRE CubeSats during the spring of 2024. The first PREFIRE CubeSat launch is nominally scheduled for May 1, 2024, and the launch of the other PREFIRE CubeSat is scheduled for May 15, 2024.
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PREFIRE — CubeSats improve climate models and predictions
November 30, 2022Across Greenland, a 3,000-meter (9,800-foot) thick ice sheet blankets the large island holding enough water to raise sea levels by 7 m (23 ft). For millennia, the cycle of melting and freezing has played a major role in...
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Student research strengthens PREFIRE mission, provides scientific direction
April 6, 2022Gaining research experience in graduate school is essential preparation for finding a niche in science and for becoming a better scholar.
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PREFIRE's miniature detectors, Observing the Earth from CubeSats
26th January 2022Using miniaturized satellites called CubeSatsm, a new NASA mission is poised to gather missing data in the far infrared to better understand how the polar regions regulate Earth’s temperature.
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PREFIRE 2021 Science Team Meeting
1st December 2021On November 16-17, the PREFIRE science team virtually gathered for their annual meeting to collaborate and discuss updates. Participants from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Michigan, the University of Colorado, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and NASA discussed...
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PREFIRE - CubeSat mission bolsters Arctic datasets for improved climate predictions
30th August 2021“By filling the far-infrared observation gap and integrating these new observations into models, PREFIRE offers a pathway to improving polar climate predictions,” says Tristan L’Ecuyer...
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Static Test
1st July 2020Welcome to the PREFIRE Website, hosted at the Space Science and Engineering Center.
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Website Launch
16th June 2020Welcome to the PREFIRE Website, hosted at the Space Science and Engineering Center.
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Recent Posts
Heading into space in late spring 2024 from a seaside launchpad in New Zealand, the dual PREFIRE CubeSats will soon begin their work! Although small in size, they will provide important measurements about how well the Earth's polar regions are able to cool off.
Read more
NASA has selected the launch provider for the PREFIRE mission. Rocket Lab USA Inc. of Long Beach, California will launch both PREFIRE CubeSats during the spring of 2024. The first PREFIRE CubeSat launch is nominally scheduled for May 1, 2024, and the launch of the other PREFIRE CubeSat is scheduled for May 15, 2024.
Read more
Across Greenland, a 3,000-meter (9,800-foot) thick ice sheet blankets the large island holding enough water to raise sea levels by 7 m (23 ft). For millennia, the cycle of melting and freezing has played a major role in...
Read more
Gaining research experience in graduate school is essential preparation for finding a niche in science and for becoming a better scholar.
Read more
Using miniaturized satellites called CubeSatsm, a new NASA mission is poised to gather missing data in the far infrared to better understand how the polar regions regulate Earth’s temperature.
Read more