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NASA selects Firefly Aerospace to launch NOAA weather satellite

Posted: Sat, Sep 28, 2024, 6:47 AM ET (1047 GMT)
NASA selected Firefly Aerospace to launch a NOAA satellite. NASA announced Monday that it awarded a task order through its Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) contract to Firefly for the launch of the QuickSounder spacecraft. NASA did not disclose the value of the task order. QuickSounder is the first element of NOAA’s Near Earth Orbit Network (NEON), a new generation of polar-orbiting weather satellites, and is slated to be ready for launch by February 2026.

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