QuickSounder
This mission is complete.
The 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.
Mission timeline
Where it leaves Earth
Launch site
Ground vector
Space Launch Complex 2W
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Latitude
- 34.756°N
- Longitude
- 120.622°W
Can I see this?
Distance and a plain visibility call from a place you choose. Trajectory is not modeled — night launches travel farther across the sky than daylight ones.
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Range weather
Launch commit criteria
Clear — tracking no weather issues at this time.
- Primary concern
- No weather issues
- Rule count
- 0
- Temperature
- Not reported
- Surface wind
- Not reported
12:00 AM UTC – 12:00 AM UTC
Vehicle & provider
Schedule history
No meaningful launch-time or status changes recorded.