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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 ...
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 .
Two NASA payloads hitched a ride to orbit in a $1.14 billion Space Force mission.
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.
The new SES satellites are part of a push by the FCC to free up the airwaves for 5G mobile networks.
The Atlas V was this variant's proposed launch vehicle. [107] In this role, Boeing's X-37C could potentially compete with the corporation's CST-100 Starliner commercial space capsule. [ 108 ] As of 2024 [update] , with NASA selecting Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon , there has been no further announcement to develop X-37C.
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.