Landsat 9 lifted atop launcher to extend unbroken environmental data record
Source: Spaceflight Now
Date Published: 09/21/2021
The next Landsat observatory has been mounted on top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket in California for liftoff Sept. 27, continuing an unbroken record of Earth observations to track urban sprawl, water usage, tropical deforestation, retreating glaciers, and more over the last half-century.
