Atlas V 401 | Landsat 9
United Launch Alliance · Atlas V 401 · Space Launch Complex 3E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
United Launch Alliance's 146th launch · 3rd this year · humanity's 6,132nd orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Sep 27, 18:12 – Sep 27, 18:42 UTC
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Landsat 9
Landsat 9 is a partnership between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey to continue the Landsat program's critical role in monitoring, understanding and managing the land resources needed to sustain human life. Landsat 9, like Landsat 8, has a higher imaging capacity than past Landsats, allowing more valuable data to be added to the Landsat global land archive. Its operational orbit is a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 705 km for a mission lifetime of at least 5 years.
Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
Booster
No booster details available.
Watch
- Atlas V Landsat 9 — The Space Devs
- Atlas V Landsat 9 Launch Highlights — United Launch Alliance
- Launch of the Landsat 9 Earth-Observing Satellite (Official NASA Broadcast) — NASA
Updates
Successful launch of Landsat 9.
Nosu · 9/27/2021 · source
New launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/27/2021 · source
Launch time confirmed by ULA
Nosu · 9/17/2021 · source
New launch date.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/15/2021 · source
Delayed by a week due to liquid oxygen shortage.
Nosu · 8/28/2021 · source
Adding launch time
Nosu · 8/7/2021 · source
