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Related article<\/span> Boeing Starliner teams \u2018evaluate a path forward\u2019 for astronaut mission as NASA announces new target date<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The data gathered will inform climate models and hopefully lead to better predictions of how the climate crisis will affect sea levels, weather, snow and ice cover, NASA said. <\/p>\n
Earth absorbs a lot of energy from the sun in the tropics regions. Weather and ocean currents move that heat energy toward the poles, where the heat radiates upward into space. Much of that heat is in far-infrared wavelengths and has never been systematically measured before, NASA added. <\/p>\n
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Related article<\/span> Blue Origin launches six tourists to the edge of space after nearly two-year hiatus<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n PREFIRE is composed of two CubeSats fitted with specialized miniature heat sensors. The launch date for the second satellite will be announced shortly after the launch of the first satellite, NASA said. <\/p>\n
Once they\u2019re both launched, the two satellites will be in asynchronous near-polar orbits \u2014 passing over a specific spot at different times, looking at the same area within hours of each other. <\/p>\n
Doing so should allow the satellites to collect data about phenomena that take place on a short time scale and require frequent measurements \u2014 such as how the amount of cloud cover affects the temperature on Earth beneath it. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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