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United Launch AllianceLaunch SuccessfulEarth ScienceAtlas V 401
Launched 2021-09-27 18:12 UTCSpace Launch Complex 3E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Success
Reached Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Worldwide
95th
orbital launch attempt in 2021
United Launch Alliance
3rd
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 3E
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
1241 d 7 h
since the pad's previous launch
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.
Launch Provider
Commercial · United States of America · Founded 2006 · CEO Mark Peller
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, Space & Security. ULA was formed in December 2006 by combining the teams at these companies which provide spacecraft launch services to the government of the United States. ULA launches from both coasts of the US. They launch their Atlas V vehicle from LC-41 in Cape Canaveral and LC-3E at Vandeberg. Their Delta IV launches from LC-37 at Cape Canaveral and LC-6 at Vandenberg.
Launches
175
Successful
175
100%
Upcoming
72
scheduled
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Successful launch of Landsat 9.
Nosu
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New launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Launch time confirmed by ULA
Nosu
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New launch date.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Delayed by a week due to liquid oxygen shortage.
Nosu
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Adding launch time
Nosu
Height
58.3m
Diameter
3.8m
To low Earth orbit
9,050kg
Liftoff thrust
3,827kN
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