NASA launches new mission to monitor Earth's landscapes

NASA launches new mission to monitor Earth's landscapes

Space Daily

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Vandenberg SFB CA (SPX) Sep 27, 2021

Landsat 9, a NASA satellite built to monitor the Earth's land surface, successfully launched at 2:12 p.m. EDT Monday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. A joint mission with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Landsat 9 lifted off on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg's Space Launch Complex 3E. Norway's Svalbard satellite-monitoring ground station acquired s

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