Atlas V Booster Carries Latest US Landsat Satellite Into Orbit - NASA
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published September 28, 2021 | 12:00 AM
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 28th September, 2021) The United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully fired the Landsat 9 satellite into orbit on an Atlas V booster missile from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in the US state of California, NASA announced on Monday.
After previously delays since the originally scheduled date of September 16, Landsat 9 was launched smoothly at 2:12 pm US Eastern Time. The takeoff was podcast live by NASA.
Landsat 9 is "a joint NASA and US Geological Survey (USGS) mission that will continue the legacy of monitoring Earth's land and coastal regions that began with the first Landsat satellite in 1972," the space agency said.
Landsat 9 will now join its sister satellite, Landsat 8, in orbit in collecting images from across the planet every eight days, NASA also said.
The mission will continue the Landsat program's critical role in monitoring the Earth and helping manage essential resources, including crops, irrigation water, and forests, NASA added.
Recent Stories
Mired in crisis, Boeing reports another loss
Session Awarding Ceremony 2024 held at Cadet College Muzaffarabad
Austrian ski great Hirscher to make comeback under Dutch flag
Pakistan, Japan agrees to convene 'Economic Policy Dialogue'
FM Dar conveys deepest sympathy on torrential rains devastation in UAE
Spain PM Sanchez says weighing resignation after wife's graft probe
Tennis: ATP/WTA Madrid Open results - 1st update
Long-lost Klimt portrait auctioned off for 30 mn euros
Osaka seals first win on clay since 2022 in Madrid
Earthquake jolts Karachi
Sindh minister orders operation after attack on police in Ghotki
TikTok to fight US ban law in courts
More Stories From World
-
Football: English Championship table
3 hours ago -
Time for 'democratic transition' in Venezuela: opposition candidate to AFP
4 hours ago -
Spain's Pedro Sanchez : a risk-taker with a flair for survival
4 hours ago -
Football: French Ligue 1 table
4 hours ago -
Nadal will only play French Open if he can 'compete well'
4 hours ago -
Ukraine, Israel, TikTok: the massive aid package before US Congress
4 hours ago
-
TikTok to fight US ban law in courts
4 hours ago -
Football: French Ligue 1 results
5 hours ago -
Spain PM Sanchez says weighing resignation after wife's graft probe
6 hours ago -
Long-lost Klimt portrait auctioned off for 30 mn euros
6 hours ago -
TikTok to fight US ban law in courts
6 hours ago -
Anger among Ukrainians in Poland as Kyiv halts passport renewals
6 hours ago