PREFIRE Polar Mission

PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) is a space mission to study heat loss to space in Earth’s polar regions, specifically focusing on the Arctic and Antarctica.

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Key Highlights

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has recently launched a pair of satellites called CubeSats (6U) to study heat loss to space in Earth’s polar regions.

• It is jointly developed by NASA and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 

Objectives

• The data from the PREFIRE mission addresses the knowledge gap and provides data to improve predictions of climate change and sea level rise.
• This mission will enhance climate research.