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PREFIRE 2
NASA CubeSat studying Earth's infrared radiation. PREFIRE 2 was launched on June 5, 2024 aboard a Electron from Mahia. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2024-108ANORAD 59965United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- PREFIRE 1
- Common name
- PREFIRE 2
- International designator
- 2024-108A
- NORAD catalog number
- 59965
- GCAT identifier
- S59965
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1216
Mission
- Mission type
- Earth science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- JPL Cube
- Owner
- JPL
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Jet Propulsion Lab
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 6U
Launch
- Date
- June 5, 2024 · 03:15 UTC
- Launch record
- 2024-108Success
- Rocket
- Electron
- Spaceport
- Mahia · pad LC1B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 523 km
- Apogee
- 538 km
- Inclination
- 97.45°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Jun 5, 2024
Size
- Mass
- 10 kg
- Dry mass
- 10 kg
- Length
- 0.3 m
- Diameter
- 0.20 m
- Span
- 12.7 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q126371370 (CC0).