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Landsat-9 Spacecraft Lift & Mate
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Landsat-9 Spacecraft Lift & Mate

NASA / KSC · 2021-09-15 · photograph (digital archive)

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The Landsat 9 spacecraft is lifted and mated to the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at Space Launch Complex 3 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Sept. 15, 2021, in preparation for liftoff no earlier than Sept. 27, 2021. The launch is being managed by NASA’s Launch Services Program based at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Landsat 9 will monitor key natural and economic resources from orbit.

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AtlasLSPLandsat-9Launch Services ProgramU.S. Geological SurveyULAUSGSUnited Launch AllianceVSFBVandenberg Space Force Base
Credit lineLandsat-9 Spacecraft Lift & Mate. NASA/KSC, 2021-09-15. Public domain. ID: KSC-20210915-PH-PPC01_0017.
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