Published on 21 May 2024 | Tim Michaels
It is late autumn at the Rocket Lab launch complex in New Zealand, since it is in the southern hemisphere. Forecasts of unsuitable weather have delayed the first PREFIRE CubeSat launch until May 25, 2024 at 7:28 am UTC. While you are waiting, enjoy a new mission overview video! It includes realistic animations that show the way the CubeSat solar panels will deploy, the view of Earth that our spectrometer will have, and why two CubeSats are better than one. Video: PREFIRE, Twin Climate Satellites on a Polar Journey.
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