Landsat-9 OLI-2 Satellite Imagery Map

Landsat 9 is a partnership between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and continues the Landsat program’s critical role of repeat global observations for monitoring, understanding, and manag­ing Earth’s natural resources. Landsat 9, launched on September 27, 2021, at 1:12PM CST from Vanden­berg Air Force Base, California, onboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket. Landsat 9 carries the Opera­tional Land Imager 2 (OLI–2), built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corpora­tion, Boulder, Colorado, and the Thermal Infrared Sensor 2 (TIRS–2), built at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland. Northrop Grumman designed and fabricated the space­craft and integrat­ed the two instruments.

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