Atlas V launches Landsat 9

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 401 launch vehicle launched the Landsat 9 Earth-observation satellite into a near-polar, sun-synchronous orbit, from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on 27 September 2021, at 18:12 UTC (11:12 PDT). Landsat 9 is a joint mission of NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and will join Landsat 8 in orbit, collecting images from across the Earth every eight days. Credit: NASA/Randy Beaudoin/Bill Ingalls/United Launch Alliance Atlas V launches Landsat 9