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Landsat 9

Atlas V 401

United Launch Alliance

Launch Status
Success

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Weather Forecast During Launch

According to weather officials, there's a 90% chance of favorable weather conditions at the time of the launch.

Mission

Landsat 9

  • Type: Earth Science
  • Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
  • Launch Cost: $115,000,000

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.

Location

Space Launch Complex 3E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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Space Launch Complex 3E has witnessed the launch of 48 rockets, including 45 orbital launch attempts. While Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA, has been the site for 810 rocket launches.

Vandenberg Space Force Base is a United States Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California. Established in 1941, Vandenberg Space Force Base is a space launch base, launching spacecraft from the Western Range, and also performs missile testing. The United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 30 serves as the host delta for the base, equivalent to an Air Force air base wing. In addition to its military space launch mission, Vandenberg Space Force Base also hosts space launches for civil and commercial space entities, such as NASA and SpaceX.

Rocket

United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401

An Atlas V with a 4 meter diameter fairing, no boosters and a single centaur upper stage engine.

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Agency

United Launch Alliance

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.

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Ken & Judy O
Ken & Judy O'Neill
3 years ago

Landsat has been around for years to monitor our earth sciences and most of all human life , now with climate change at our door step we need this more than ever .
Launch this one ULA with great care our planet depends on it .

Aaron Gosnell
Aaron Gosnell
3 years ago

Hey ULA,Let’s light this candle,Shall we?I hope for a successful launch with the Atlas V 401.

Aaron Gosnell
Aaron Gosnell
Reply to  Aaron Gosnell
3 years ago

Yes,If the weather is permitting.It should be visible from all over California.

Clark
Clark
3 years ago

Will this be visible from the central coast?

Bill
Bill
Reply to  Clark
3 years ago

What is the flight path?

Ken & Judy O
Ken & Judy O'Neill
3 years ago

Great launch ULA.
Your building on the shoulder of giants keep it up.