CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- PREFIRE
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Full Name
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Polar Radiant Energy in the Far InfraRed Experiment
aka PREFIRE
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Status
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Approved
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Mission Agencies
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NASA
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Launch Date
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Dec 2021
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Mission Links
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mission site | data access portal
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EOL Date
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May 2023
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #
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International Designator
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Orbit Type
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Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
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Orbit Period
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90 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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TBD
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Orbit Inclination
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90 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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560 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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Repeat Cycle
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Objectives and Applications
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PREFIRE seeks to reduce uncertainty in polar energy fluxes, the processes that influence them, and, with improved modeling, the societal implications of polar climate change. Twin cubesats with identical long wave spectrometers.
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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