Firefly Alpha Block 2 | QuickSounder

Name: Firefly Alpha Block 2 | QuickSounder
Start: 2027-02-15T00:00:00Z
End: 2027-02-15T00:00:00Z
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

TO BE DETERMINED

> T-MINUS (NET)

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Target time only (NET — no earlier than). This launch is not yet confirmed and may slip.

> MISSION DATA

DATEMonday, February 15, 2027

TIME12:00 AM UTC

PROVIDERFirefly Aerospace

ROCKETFirefly Alpha Block 2

PADSpace Launch Complex 2W

LOCATIONVandenberg SFB, CA, USA

ORBITSun-Synchronous Orbit

> MISSION BRIEFING // EARTH SCIENCE

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.

> SCHEDULE & SOURCE

Source-reported status: To Be Determined. Current date is a placeholder or rough estimation based on unreliable or interpreted sources.

Launch window: 2027-02-15 00:00:00 UTC — 2027-02-15 00:00:00 UTC.

Dates and windows may change. Passing the scheduled time does not confirm a launch outcome.

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