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QuickSounder
TBD
15 FEB 2027 (TIME TBD)
FIREFLY AEROSPACE
Launch
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Launch time
TBD
15 Feb 2027
Status
TBD
Probability
—
weather go
Window
Instantaneous
UTC
Launch provider
Firefly AerospaceRocket
Firefly Alpha Block 2Pad
Space Launch Complex 2WLocation
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAMission type
Earth ScienceOrbit
Sun-Synchronous OrbitOrbital launch of the year
#7Firefly Aerospace launch of the year
#1Launch from this pad
#103Mission
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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