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Characterization of Quicksounder ATMS at Instrument Level TVACQuickSounder (QS) is the pathfinder space mission for the next generation of NOAA LEO environmental satellites in the NEON
program, follow-on to the JPSS program. It is a collaborative initiative between NASA and NOAA to verify rapid and cost-effective delivery of small Earth observation satellites.

QuickSounder is focusing on mission elements other than science performance. In this context, an existing sensor, the refurbished
ATMS EDU (Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder, Engineering Development Unit) was chosen as the QuickSounder payload.

This poster discusses the performances of QuickSounder ATMS during thermal vacuum (TVAC) calibration to ensure that QS ATMS is characterized and calibrated in the same manner as JPSS ATMS units, even though science performance attributes are not the priority of this mission.
Document ID
20260007248
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Poster
Authors
Saji Abraham (KBR (United States) Houston, United States)
Matthew Sammons (Fibertek (United States) Herndon, United States)
Edward Kim (Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, United States)
Hu Yang (Science Systems & Applications, Inc. Hampton, VA, USA)
James Fuentes (Northrop Grumman (United States) Falls Church, United States)
James Kam (Northrop Grumman (United States) Falls Church, United States)
Cheng-Hsuan Lyu (Morgan State University Baltimore, United States)
Siena Iacovazzi (Global Science & Technology (United States) Greenbelt, United States)
Flavio Iturbide-Sanchez (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Washington, United States)
R Vincent Leslie ORCID(Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, United States)
Quanhua Liu (Science Systems & Applications, Inc. Hampton, VA, USA)
Slawomir Blonski (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Washington, United States)
Andrew Manaster (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Washington, United States)
Ninghai Sun (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Washington, United States)
Kun Zhang (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Washington, United States)
Peter Beierle (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Washington, United States)
Giovanni De Amici (Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, United States)
Joel Amato (Northrop Grumman (United States) Falls Church, United States)
Fabian Rodriguez-Gutierrez (Northrop Grumman (United States) Falls Church, United States)
Date Acquired
August 3, 2026
Subject Category
Earth Resources and Remote Sensing
Report/Patent Number
WEP1.PK.4 (3001)
Meeting Information
Meeting: 2026 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
Location: Washington, DC
Country: US
Start Date: August 9, 2026
End Date: August 14, 2026
Sponsors: Institute Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: 80GSFC20C0044
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Portions of document may include copyright protected material.
Technical Review
NASA Technical Management

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