NEXT SPACEFLIGHT
NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

QuickSounder

Launch Time
NET February, 2026

Rocket

Alpha
Image Credit: Firefly Aerospace
Firefly
Status: Active
Price: $15.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 801 kN
Payload to LEO: 1,030 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 29.48 m
Fairing Diameter: 2.2 m
Fairing Height: 5.0 m
Details

Mission Details

QuickSounder

The QuickSounder mission will support NOAA’s next generation satellite architecture for its future low Earth orbit program, which will provide mission-critical data for the agency’s National Weather Service, the nation’s weather industry, and other users worldwide.

A little larger than a typical washing machine, the satellite will be 2.6 feet (80 cm) wide and 3.7 feet (114 cm) long and weigh about 465 pounds (211 kg), including the xenon propellant used by its small electric propulsion thruster.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 211.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

SLC-2W, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

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