Tag: Landsat
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Coronavirus delays push back launch of next Landsat to September 2021
Artist’s illustration of the Landsat 9 satellite in orbit. Credit: NASA/GSFC The launch of the next Landsat land imaging mission — a joint project between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey — has been delayed until around September 2021 after the effects of the coronavirus pandemic slowed work on the spacecraft in Arizona, NASA officials…
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SpaceX, ULA win NASA contracts to launch Earth observation satellites
NASA has selected a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket (left) and a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket (right) to launch the Sentinel 6A/Jason-CS and Landsat 9 satellites in 2020 and 2021. Credit: SpaceX and ULA NASA has selected SpaceX and United Launch Alliance to deliver to orbit a joint U.S.-European oceanography mission and the next…
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Multiple satellites planned in long-term Landsat program
Artist’s concept of Landsat 9, an upgraded rebuild of the Landsat 8 satellite launched in February 2013. Credit: NASA The launch of the next Landsat Earth-viewing satellite in 2023 will be preceded by a smaller spacecraft to map the planet with an infrared camera under a new land imaging roadmap outlined by NASA and the…