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Landsat 9

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Earth ObservationLEOCOSPAR 2021-088ALaunched 9/27/2021
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Mission & Launch
Launch Mission
Landsat 9 Mission
Launch Vehicle
Atlas V 401 C
Launch Date
9/27/2021
Orbit & Mass
Orbit Class
LEO
Altitude
678 km
Inclination
98.22 deg
Dry Mass
2,390 kg
Total Mass
2,710 kg
Payload Classification
Mission Type
Earth Observation
Payload Category
IMG
Payload Class
C
Organizations
Operator
U.S. Geological Survey
Manufacturer
Northrop Grumman
Registry
COSPAR ID
2021-088A
UN Registration
ST/SG/SER.E/1031
Track
Mentions
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The instruments aboard Landsat 9 are the Operational Land Imager 2 (OLI-2) and the Thermal Infrared Sensor 2 (TIRS-2).

CapabilityValue 4.0Sep 27, 2021New Mission From NASA To Monitor The Earth Successfully Launched By ULA From Vandenberg Space Force Base

An Atlas V launched the Landsat 9 satellite on 2021-09-27.

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Sep 27, 2021
Atlas 5 launches Landsat 9

United Launch Alliance had launched 144 times to date with a 100 percent mission success record prior to the Landsat 9 launch.

GeneralCapabilityValue 3.0Sep 27, 2021UPDATE 2: NASA’s Landsat 9 Mission Successfully Launched By ULA From Vandenberg Space Force Base, Plus, US Space Force Reports On Their Involvement

Combined, Landsat 9 and Landsat 8 will add nearly 1,500 new scenes a day to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Landsat archive.

CapabilityGrowthValue 4.0Sep 27, 2021Ball Aerospace’s Land Imaging Instrument Aboard The Successful Launch of Landsat 9

Landsat 9 extensively leverages the design of the Landsat 8 spacecraft built by Northrop Grumman.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 3.2Sep 27, 2021Northrop Grumman’s Built Landsat 9 Gains Launch Success

Ball Aerospace built the Operational Land Imager 2 (OLI-2) instrument that launched aboard Landsat 9.

GeneralCapabilityValue 4.0Sep 27, 2021Ball Aerospace’s Land Imaging Instrument Aboard The Successful Launch of Landsat 9

Ball Aerospace designed and built the cryocooler that will keep Landsat 9’s Thermal Infrared Sensor 2 (TIRS-2) chilled to 40 Kelvin (-388 F).

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.6Sep 27, 2021Ball Aerospace’s Land Imaging Instrument Aboard The Successful Launch of Landsat 9

The Atlas V delivered Landsat 9 into a near-polar, sun-synchronous orbit around Earth.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.5Sep 27, 2021UPDATE 2: NASA’s Landsat 9 Mission Successfully Launched By ULA From Vandenberg Space Force Base, Plus, US Space Force Reports On Their Involvement

The Atlas V Landsat 9 mission used a dual-orbit profile that deployed Landsat 9 and the smallsats into two different orbits, enabling ULA’s first four-burn Centaur mission on an Atlas V rocket.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Sep 27, 2021UPDATE 2: NASA’s Landsat 9 Mission Successfully Launched By ULA From Vandenberg Space Force Base, Plus, US Space Force Reports On Their Involvement

Landsat 9 was launched on 2021-09-27 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Sep 27, 2021Northrop Grumman’s Built Landsat 9 Gains Launch Success

Space Systems Command’s Launch Enterprise Mission Manifest Office worked with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center during integration of the Landsat 9 Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Secondary Payload Adapter (L9EFS).

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Sep 27, 2021UPDATE 2: NASA’s Landsat 9 Mission Successfully Launched By ULA From Vandenberg Space Force Base, Plus, US Space Force Reports On Their Involvement

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 launch vehicle carried the NASA–U.S. Geological Survey Landsat 9 Observatory satellite and four cubesats from the U.S. Space Force’s Mission Manifest Office on the 2021-09-27 mission.

PlanGeneralValue 4.6Sep 27, 2021UPDATE 2: NASA’s Landsat 9 Mission Successfully Launched By ULA From Vandenberg Space Force Base, Plus, US Space Force Reports On Their Involvement

Landsat 9 features upgrades to its two instruments, a visible and infrared imager and a thermal infrared sensor.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Sep 27, 2021Atlas 5 launches Landsat 9

The Launch Services Program at Kennedy Space Center manages the Landsat 9 launch service.

RelationshipsValue 3.5Sep 23, 2021ULA’s Atlas V Landsat 9 Mission Readies Joint Mission Of NASA And USGS

The Landsat 9 mission includes the Landsat 9 ESPA Flight System which will deploy multiple CubeSats after Landsat 9 separation.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Sep 23, 2021ULA’s Atlas V Landsat 9 Mission Readies Joint Mission Of NASA And USGS

The U.S. Geological Survey operates the Landsat 9 satellite and the mission data archive.

CapabilityValue 4.0Sep 23, 2021ULA’s Atlas V Landsat 9 Mission Readies Joint Mission Of NASA And USGS

The launch of Landsat 9 on an Atlas 5 from Vandenberg Space Force Base slipped from 2021-09-16 to no earlier than 2021-09-23 due to pandemic demands for medical liquid oxygen impacting delivery of the needed liquid nitrogen supply.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Aug 31, 2021Liquid nitrogen shortage delays Landsat 9 launch

The Defense Logistics Agency informed the Landsat 9 project on 2021-08-23 that liquid nitrogen supplies at Vandenberg Space Force Base were critically low and could not support upcoming prelaunch test activities or the launch itself.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Aug 31, 2021Liquid nitrogen shortage delays Landsat 9 launch

Ball Aerospace developed and built the cryocooler for Landsat 9’s Thermal Infrared Sensor 2 (TIRS-2) instrument.

CapabilityValue 4.0Aug 30, 2021Ball Aerospace Is Selected By NASA To Engage Instrument Architectures + Designs For The Next Generation Landsat

Ball Aerospace built the OLI-2 instrument for Landsat 9.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Aug 30, 2021Ball Aerospace Is Selected By NASA To Engage Instrument Architectures + Designs For The Next Generation Landsat