News Archive / Tagged: Landsat 9

• Vandenberg Space Force Base sees its 2,000th launch

  Theresa CrossOctober 4th, 2021

  Last week, Vandenberg Space Force Base saw its 2,000th launch with the orbiting of the Landsat 9 Earth observation satellite.

• ULA Atlas V lofts Landsat 9 into orbit for NASA and USGS

  Theresa CrossSeptember 28th, 2021

  United Launch Alliance sent the newest Earth-observation satellite, Landsat 9, into orbit for NASA and the United States Geological Survey.

• US Geological Survey’s Landsat 9 satellite progressing toward 2020 launch

  Jason RhianAugust 10th, 2017

  The U.S. Geological Survey's Landsat 9 spacecraft is making steady progress toward its planned launch in December of 2020. If everything goes as currently planned, the satellite will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The contract to produce the spacecraft was awarded in 2016 and will mark the continuation of a program that can trace its lineage back 45 years. 

• Orbital ATK awarded contract to extend Landsat mission

  Bart LeahyOctober 27th, 2016

  NASA awarded Orbital ATK a contract to build the next-generation Earth observation satellite, Landsat 9. The company will have five years to complete the $129.9 million delivery order, awarded under the Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition III.