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PREFIRE
Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment (2 cubesats)
Launched in:
2024
Orbit height:
525 km
Orbit type:
Sun Synchronous
Organisation:
NASA - USA
Launched succesfully 25 May 2024 and 5 June 2024
PREFIRE websites
Information
PREFIRE site
NASA JPL - PREFIRE
ESA eoPortal - PREFIRE
RocketLab launched
Data ordering
NASA ASDC
On Board Sensors
TIRS (PREFIRE) (High-resolution nadir-scanning IR spectrometer)
Information
PREFIRE site
Data ordering
NASA ASDC
Sensor Bands
Band
Wavelength
(µm)
Bandwidth
(µm)
Resolution
(m)
Swath width
(km)
Revisit time
(days)
Band 64 channels of 0.84µm width (TIR)
3 to 54
0.84
10
11.7 (300)
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