QuickSounder

Name: QuickSounder
Start: 2027-02-15
Location: Space Launch Complex 2W

Firefly Alpha Block 2, Firefly Aerospace

Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Launch time

No earlier than

NET Mon 15 Feb 2027

Day precision To be determined

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Source updated Fri 11 Sept, 23:29 CEST

Updated 11 Oct, 00:22 CEST

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Slip history

No changes since we started tracking on Sat 10 Oct 2026, 11:02 UTC.

Fri 11 Sept 2026, 21:29 UTCLL2 update
NET 15 February 2027.
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Thu 23 Oct 2025, 13:40 UTCLL2 update
NET Q3 2026.
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Mon 23 Sept 2024, 23:44 UTCLL2 update
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Mission

QuickSounder on Firefly Alpha Block 2 from Space Launch Complex 2W. Launch time, status and recorded date changes from Launch Library 2.

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.

Mission type: Earth Science
Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Launch timeline

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Launch pad

Space Launch Complex 2W

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA (US)

Coordinates: 34.7556, -120.6224

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