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Second PREFIRE Satellite Now in Orbit

Rocket Lab Completes Second of Two Launches for the NASA Program

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Tom Patton
Jun 05, 2024
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The second of two Electron launches for NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) climate change-focused mission successfully launched late Tuesday (US eastern time), completing a turnaround of two launches within eleven days.

"Quickly deploying both satellites to orbit within eleven days of each other demonstrates our team’s s…

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