Landsat 9 was launched on 2021-09-27.
Ball Aerospace built the OLI-2 imager for Landsat 9.
Landsat 9 instruments are designed to work together to capture a broad range of wavelengths by combining OLI-2 multispectral data with TIRS-2 thermal data.
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center built the TIRS-2 instrument for Landsat 9.
Landsat 9 imagery of the Himalayan mountains and Tibetan Plateau includes both OLI-2 multispectral views and TIRS-2 thermal data showing relative surface temperatures.
Landsat 9 returned its first images after launching 2021-09-27.
Landsat 9 was launched on 2021-09-27 and its first images will be reviewed during the Goddard visit.
The Goddard visit will emphasize climate and space technology work at NASA Goddard, including Landsat 9, the GOES series of geostationary weather satellites, and the On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing-1 (OSAM-1) mission under development there.
Cesium Satellites 1 and 2 were deployed from the U.S. Space Force's Landsat-9 Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) Flight System (EFS).
Landsat 9 replaces Landsat 7, which was launched in 1999.
Landsat 9 is a near-twin of Landsat 8, which was launched in 2013 and remains in service.
NASA’s Launch Services Program at Kennedy Space Center in Florida managed the launch of Landsat 9.
Northrop Grumman in Gilbert, Arizona built the Landsat 9 spacecraft, integrated it with instruments, and tested it.
Norway’s Svalbard satellite-monitoring ground station acquired signals from Landsat 9 about 83 minutes after launch.
Landsat 9 launched at 2:12 p.m. EDT on Monday, 2021-09-27, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Landsat 9 is based on Northrop Grumman’s flight-proven LEOStar-3 platform.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 11:12 a.m. PDT on 2021-09-27 carrying NASA’s Landsat 9 and multiple smallsat payloads.
Northrop Grumman completed work on the Landsat 9 satellite at facilities in Gilbert, Arizona; San Diego, California; Commerce, California; and Goleta, California.
Northrop Grumman integrated the Ball Aerospace Operational Land Imager (OLI-2) and Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS-2) instruments onto Landsat 9.
Northrop Grumman developed the solar array that powers the Landsat 9 spacecraft.