Landsat 9
Landsat 9 is an active NASA-USGS land-observation mission launched on September 27, 2021. Its Operational Land Imager 2 and Thermal Infrared Sensor 2 acquire 11 spectral bands for monitoring land cover, vegetation, water resources and surface temperature. The satellite repeats its ground track every 16 days; its offset from Landsat 8 provides an eight-day combined repeat cycle. Reflective multispectral bands sample at 30 m, the panchromatic band at 15 m and thermal bands at 100 m. The mission extends the Landsat record while maintaining calibration continuity across generations.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Landsat-9Landsat IX
- Name
- Landsat 9
- Status
- active
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- Description
- Landsat 9 is an active NASA-USGS land-observation mission launched on September 27, 2021. Its Operational Land Imager 2 and Thermal Infrared Sensor 2 acquire 11 spectral bands for monitoring land cover, vegetation, water resources and surface temperature. The satellite repeats its ground track every 16 days; its offset from Landsat 8 provides an eight-day combined repeat cycle. Reflective multispectral bands sample at 30 m, the panchromatic band at 15 m and thermal bands at 100 m. The mission extends the Landsat record while maintaining calibration continuity across generations.
- Destination
- Near-polar, sun-synchronous Earth orbit at approximately 705 km for multispectral and thermal land observation
- Launch Site
- Programs
- Start Date
- 2021-09-27
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Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/landsat-9/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- October 29, 2026 at 15:15:37 UTC
- Updated Time
- October 29, 2026 at 15:15:37 UTC
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