[TECHCRUNCH] Rocket Lab to launch a pair of climate satellites for NASA
Rocket Lab will launch a pair of satellites for NASA that will help scientists better understand the effects of global warming on sea ice.
[ sourced from TechCrunch
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Rocket Lab will launch two small satellites for NASA that could help scientists better understand how a warming climate will affect the massive ice shelves at the Earth’s poles.
Far-infrared is a poorly understood portion of the Earth’s energy spectrum, though nearly 60% of Arctic emissions occur at these wavelengths.
The two satellites, each the size of a bread loaf, will be equipped with a miniaturized instrument called a thermal IR spectrometer.
Scientists will be able to compare the data to conditions in cloud cover and sea ice levels below, and hopefully generate more accurate climate models into the future.
Meeting such requirements “is made possible by Electron’s unique ability to deploy dedicated small satellite missions on highly responsive timelines,” the company said in a statement.
Earlier this year, Rocket Lab successfully placed four of the space agency’s storm-watching satellites into orbit.
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