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Rocket Lab to launch satellite to monitor Earth's polar regions
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English - May 21, 2024 19:45 - 5 minutes - 4.79 MB - ★★★★ - 11 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The mission, called PREFIRE, short for Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment, includes two shoebox-sized satellites or 'cubesats' to find out how much heat Earth's polar regions radiate out to space and how that influences our climate. University of Wisconsin professor, and principal investigator for the mission, Tristan L'Ecuyer spoke to Corin Dann.