The initial research phase of the CRADA is underway using extensive telemetry data libraries from the active Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 missions.
a.i. solutions provided flight dynamics support for the launch and commissioning of Landsat 9.
Parsons has integrated payloads for missions including the U.S. Space Force’s Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF)-5 communications satellite and the joint NASA/U.S. Geological Survey Landsat 9 Earth observation satellite.
Landsat 9 was launched in September 2021 on an Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Under its contract with the Space Force’s Mission Manifest Office, Parsons integrated payloads for several missions including NASA and U.S. Geological Survey’s Landsat 9, which carried four cubesats from other U.S. government agencies.
On 2022-08-11, the U.S. Geological Survey assumed operational control of the Landsat 9 satellite from NASA.
Landsat 9 is the latest Landsat remote-sensing satellite providing global coverage of changes to Earth’s landscape dating back to 1972.
NASA will pass operational control of the Landsat 9 satellite to the USGS on 2022-08-11.
Landsat 9 launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on 2022-09-27 of last year.
Landsat-9 won the GeoBuiz award for Geospatial Knowledge for Public Good and is a partnership between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey.
DataCosmos currently provides access to imagery from Landsat-8 and Landsat-9.
USGS will operate Landsat 9 alongside Landsat 8.
Landsat 9 is a joint mission between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey that launched on 2021-09-27.
Landsat 9 carries the Thermal Infrared Sensor 2 (TIRS-2), which detects thermal radiation in two wavelengths to measure Earth’s surface temperatures and changes.
Landsat 9 is similar in design to its predecessor Landsat 8, which was launched in 2013 and remains in orbit.
The OLI-2 and TIRS-2 instruments on Landsat 9 provide information about crop health, irrigation use, water quality, wildfire severity, deforestation, glacial retreat, and urban expansion.
Northrop Grumman built the Landsat 9 spacecraft, integrated it with the instruments, and tested the observatory.
The USGS will operate Landsat 9 along with Landsat 8.
Landsat 9 carries the Thermal Infrared Sensor 2, or TIRS-2, which detects two wavelengths of thermal radiation to measure slight changes in temperature.
All Landsat 9 images referenced were acquired on 2021-10-31.