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Provider
Firefly Aerospace
Vehicle
Firefly Alpha Block 2
Launch site / pad
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA / Space Launch Complex 2W · USA
Destination / orbit
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Mission overview
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.
