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Electron | Ready, Aim, PREFIRE (PREFIRE 1)

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Electron | Ready, Aim, PREFIRE (PREFIRE 1)

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Mission brief

The flight at a glance.

First 6U Cubesat carrying a miniaturized IR spectrometer, covering 0- 45 μm at 0.84 μm spectral resolution, operating for one seasonal cycle for NASAs PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission.

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Published flight sequence

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Planned timings relative to the target. These steps do not indicate live progress.

  1. T−00:02:00

    Startup

  2. T−00:00:02

    Ignition

  3. T+00:00:00

    Liftoff

  4. T+00:00:54

    Supersonic

  5. T+00:01:06

    Max-Q

  6. T+00:02:37

    MECO

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  1. T+00:02:41

    Stage 2 Separation

  2. T+00:02:44

    SES

  3. T+00:04:17

    Fairing Separation

  4. T+00:06:09

    Battery Hotswap

  5. T+00:09:15

    SECO

  6. T+00:09:19

    Kick Stage Separation

  7. T+00:51:27

    Kick Stage Ignition

  8. T+00:52:16

    Kick Stage Cut-off

  9. T+00:53:06

    Payload Separation