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United States Air ForceLaunch SuccessfulEarth ScienceDelta II
Launched 1999-04-15 18:32 UTCSpace Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
20th
orbital launch attempt in 1999
United States Air Force
5th
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 2W
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
51 d 8 h
since the pad's previous launch
Landsat 7 continued the long-term Earth observation Landsat program begun in 1972. Landsat 7 was a joint project between NASA, NOAA, and the US Geological Survey to obtain continuous high-resolution imagary of the earth's surface for environmental monitoring, disaster assessment, land use and regional planning, cartography, range management, oil and mineral exploration.
Launch Provider
Government · United States of America · Founded 1947 · Commander-in-Chief President of the US
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947.
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Height
38.7m
Diameter
2.4m
To low Earth orbit
5,959kg
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