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Landsat 9 is an Earth observation satellite launched on 27 September 2021 from Space Launch Complex-3E at Vandenberg Space Force Base on an Atlas V 401 launch vehicle. [12] NASA is in charge of building, launching, and testing the satellite, while the United States Geological Survey (USGS) operates the satellite, and manages and distributes the data archive. [13]
The currently operational variant, Atlas V, has flown 81 consecutive missions without failure between October 2007 and January 2022. Due to the size of the list, it has been split by decade: List of Atlas launches (1957–1959) List of Atlas launches (1960–1969) List of Atlas launches (1970–1979) List of Atlas launches (1980–1989)
This was the first launch of the Atlas V 551 configuration with five solid rocket boosters, and the first Atlas V with a third stage. [ 184 ] On 6 December 2015, Atlas V lifted its heaviest payload to date into orbit – a 16,517 lb (7,492 kg) Cygnus resupply craft .
ULA launched its Atlas V rocket with payloads for the U.S. Space Force and Department of Defense from LC-41 Friday, July 1, at 7:17 p.m.
Mission controllers declared Monday’s launch “scrub” after an anomaly was detected on a valve on United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket, which the Starliner capsule was to ride into orbit.
The last Atlas E/F spacecraft launch was conducted on 24 March 1995, using a rocket which had originally been built as an Atlas-E. The last Atlas E/F launch to use a rocket which had originally been built as an Atlas-F was conducted on 23 June 1981. [13] Atlas E/F was used to launch the Block I series of GPS satellites from 1978 to 1985. The ...
Ron DeSantis signed a bill that shields SpaceX and other aerospace companies from legal liabilities, the day after Elon Musk hosted the launch of his 2024 campaign bid.. The new Florida law would ...
First Rocket Lab Electron launch, first launch from outside the United States (New Zealand), and first launch procured under NRO's Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket (RASR) program. Flew on Rocket Lab's "Birds of a Feather" mission. L-153: USA-463 - USA-483 10 January 2025 03:53 [147] VSFB, SLC-4E: Falcon 9 Block 5: 425 × 310 km × 69.7° LEO