Satellite · Earth observation · United States
Landsat 9
Operated by USGS.
SatellitesActiveLaunched 2021
Imagery
Landsat 9 Spacecraft Arrival
The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Secondary Payload Adapter for NASA’s Landsat 9 mission arrives at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on June 14, 2021.
2021
NASA/Kennedy · NASA media (public domain)
Overview
The latest Landsat satellite, launched in 2021 to work in tandem with Landsat 8 for an eight-day global revisit of the land surface.
Knowledge connections
- OrbitSun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Operated byUSGS
- Launched byAtlas V
- Launched fromVandenberg Space Force Base
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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