![This artist’s concept depicts one of two PREFIRE CubeSats in orbit around Earth. The NASA mission will measure the amount of far-infrared radiation the planet’s polar regions shed to space – information that’s key to understanding Earth’s energy balance. NASA/JPL-Caltech](https://i0.wp.com/www.karmactive.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-27-101408.png?resize=720%2C480&ssl=1)
NASA’s New Climate Sentinels: How CubeSat Missions Decode Earth’s Polar Heat Secrets
NASA launched this Saturday the first of a pair of innovative climate satellites that will study, for the first time, heat emissions at the Earth’s poles. The satellite, named CubeSats 1 and