Atlas V 401 | Landsat 9
Space Launch Complex 3E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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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.
Landsat 9
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.
Atlas V 401
Height 58.30 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 4950 kg
Liftoff Thrust 3827 kN
Diameter 3.80 Meters
Mass To LEO 9050 kg
Liftoff Mass 590 Tonnes
Launch Success 41
Consecutive Success 41
Maiden Flight 2002-08-21
Launch Failures 0
Updates
Nosu
2021-09-27T19:59:52+0000
Successful launch of Landsat 9.
Cosmic_Penguin
2021-09-27T10:17:02+0000
New launch time.
Nosu
2021-09-17T06:37:31+0000
Launch time confirmed by ULA
Cosmic_Penguin
2021-09-15T16:44:24+0000
New launch date.
Nosu
2021-08-28T09:30:18+0000
Delayed by a week due to liquid oxygen shortage.
Nosu
2021-08-07T06:50:37+0000
Adding launch time
Programs
Landsat
The Landsat program is the longest-running enterprise for acquisition of satellite imagery of Earth. It is a joint NASA / USGS program.
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