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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 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 .
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. [83] 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 ...
ULA launched an Atlas V rocket at 5:36 p.m. ET Tuesday, October 4, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
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.
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.
In 2020, an Atlas V carried the Solar Orbiter spacecraft, an international collaboration between the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA to provide a new global view of the Sun. [148] In March 2020, an Atlas V also launched Advanced Extremely High Frequency 6 (AEHF-6), the first U.S. Space Force National Security Mission.
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)