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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]
This is a list of NRO Launch ... Atlas V 551 GSO 42464 × 41864 km × 0° Silentbarker: ... 15 July 2020 13:46 UTC MARS, LP-0B:
This is a list of launches made by the Atlas rocket family, derived from the SM-65 Atlas ICBM. 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)
Aug. 29: United Launch Alliance Atlas V on the SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 for the National Reconnaissance Office and Space Force from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41 ...
United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket vaulted from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 5:36 p.m. EDT, Tues., Oct. 4.
On 30 July 2020, Atlas V in the 541 configuration successfully launched Perseverance and Ingenuity as part of Mars 2020 towards Mars. [152] In November 2020, ULA launched NROL-101, a top secret spy satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office, on board their Atlas V in a 531 configuration.
The launch window, when the positions of Earth and Mars were optimal for traveling to Mars, opened on July 17, 2020, and lasted through August 15, 2020. [77] The rocket was launched on July 30, 2020, at 11:50 UTC, and the rover landed on Mars on February 18, 2021, at 20:55 UTC, with a planned surface mission of at least one Mars year (668 sols ...
After a few delays due to upper-level winds, Atlas V successfully launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 5:19 a.m. ET. Updates: Watch ULA launch an Atlas V rocket and Space Force ...