The satellite carries two science instruments, the Operational Land Imager 2 (OLI-2) and the Thermal Infrared Sensor 2 (TIRS-2). The instruments onboard Landsat 9 are improved replicas of those currently collecting data onboard Landsat 8, which are already providing data that is radiometrically and geometrically superior than instruments on previous generation Landsat satellites. NASA is responsible for the space segment (instruments and spacecraft/observatory), mission integration, launch, and on-orbit checkout.Īfter NASA completes on-orbit checkout, the USGS is responsible for the ground system, flight operations, data processing, data product distribution and archiving. Northrop Grumman designed and fabricated the spacecraft and integrated the two instruments. ![]() Landsat 9 carries the Operational Land Imager 2 (OLI–2), built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation, Boulder, Colorado, and the Thermal Infrared Sensor 2 (TIRS–2), built at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland. Landsat 9, launched on Septemat 1:12PM CST from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, onboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket. ![]() ![]() Launch Vehicle: United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401.Spacecraft Bus: Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems (formerly Orbital ATK).
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