Launches/QuickSounder

QuickSounder

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Firefly Aerospace · Vandenberg SFB, United States · 2027-02-15 · 00:00:00 UTC

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Lift-off: 2027-02-15
Customers: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Vehicle

Firefly Alpha Block 2

Orbit

SSO

Crewed

Mission

Earth Science

Operator

Firefly Aerospace

Mission Details

PayloadQuickSounder

Mission typeEarth Science

Launch siteVandenberg SFB · Space Launch Complex 2W

OrbitSSO

Operator agencyFirefly Aerospace

CountryUnited States

Date2027-02-15

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QuickSounder is the first satellite mission of the Near Earth Orbit Network (NEON) program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which aims to replace the current Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) series of polar orbit weather satellites. This pathfinder mission will demonstrate NOAA's ability to launch a small satellite within 3 years, flying a refurbished Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) instrument to polar orbit.

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