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A comprehensive test program was conducted at the Raytheon Technologies facility in 2020 (JPSS-3) and 2023 (JPSS-4) that included extensive functional and environmental testing. The thermal band radiometric pre-launch performance and stability are the focus of this article, which also compares several instrument performance metrics to the design requirements. 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