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QuickSounder
Firefly Alpha Block 2 · Earth Science
Q3 2026Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg
Mission
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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Mission Facts
- Provider
- Firefly Aerospace · NOAA
- Rocket
- Firefly Alpha Block 2
- Orbit
- SSO
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 2W
- NET precision
- Quarter
- Data source
- LL2