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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]
List of Atlas launches (1970–1979) List of Atlas launches (1980–1989) List of Atlas launches (1990–1999) List of Atlas launches (2000–2009), first Atlas V launch in 2002, last Atlas III launch in 2005; List of Atlas launches (2010–2019) List of Atlas launches (2020–2029) In addition, the variants Atlas LV3C and Atlas LV3B have ...
On this date, images of the targets with the onboard LORRI imager plus the Ralph telescope were only a few pixels in width. Investigators began taking Pluto images and background starfield images to assist mission navigators in the design of course-correcting engine maneuvers that would precisely modify the trajectory of New Horizons to aim the ...
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.
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 .
Launch designation Payload nickname Satellite designation Date/time, UTC Launch site Rocket Orbit Project Function Status Patch Remarks L-1: Nemesis [1] USA-179 31 August 2004 23:17 [2] CCAFS, SLC-36A [2] Atlas IIAS 39,053 × 1,316 km × 63.7° [3] Quasar 15 [4] Communications: Entered service, status unknown L-2: USA-129 20 December 1996 18:04
Space Launch Complex 3 (SLC-3) is a launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base that consists of two separate launch pads. Space Launch Complex 3 East (SLC-3E) was used by the Atlas V launch vehicle before it was decommissioned in August 2021 with the final launch taking place on November 10, 2022 at 09:49, while Space Launch Complex 3 West (SLC-3W) has been demolished.
Date / time Rocket Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customer Launch outcome AV-030 February 24, 2012, 22:15 Atlas V 551: CCAFS SLC-41: MUOS-1: 6,740 kg GTO: DoD: Success [10] First Mobile User Objective System satellite; heaviest payload launched by Atlas V to date; 200th Centaur upper stage. AV-031 May 4, 2012, 18:42 Atlas V 531: CCAFS ...