NASA's 2nd Prefire Small Satellite Placed Into Orbit

Prefire liftoff
Credit: Rocket Lab
NASA's second Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment (Prefire) Earth science mission small satellite was launched from New Zealand onboard an Electron rocket late June 4. The launch at 11:15 p.m. EDT, or June 5 at 3:15 p.m. local time, was followed 53 min. later by deployment of...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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