Landsat 9 will soon replace Landsat 7 to orbit Earth and capture images of its natural resources. The NASA and USGS satellite will help keep tabs on climate change.

The launch of Landsat 9 (on an Atlas V rocket) from Vandenberg Space Force Base marked the 2000th launch at that facility. Weddel Sea, Antarctica, true colour satellite image. Pack ice melting in ...

Landsat 9's first photos show the Florida Panhandle, Detroit and its surrounding area, Navajo Country in northern Arizona, the high Himalayas and the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

Landsat 9 will join its partner Landsat 8 in tracking urban sprawl, forest cover and the retreat of glaciers, among other features and phenomena. Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu ...

Landsat 9, a joint mission between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) that launched Sept. 27, 2021, has collected its first light images of Earth. The images, all acquired […] ...

Sediments swirl in Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair in this Landsat 9 image of both Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario, from Oct. 31, 2021. The Great Lakes serve as sources of freshwater, ...

Landsat 9 won't be alone on launch. Four CubeSats, 8-inch by 4-inch by 13-inch mini-satellites used for missions that require low-Earth orbits, will tag along for the ride as secondary payloads.

Landsat 9 should enter service in early January, at which point operations will be handed over to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Landsat 9 is the latest in a series of missions dating back to ...

When Landsat 9 begins operating with Landsat 8, the two satellites will collect 1,500 images every day, covering the globe every eight days Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click ...

Landsat 9, launched in September by NASA and USGS, offers ultra-detailed views of the Earth’s surface. Accessibility statement Skip to main content. Democracy Dies in Darkness.

Landsat 9, launching in 2023, will be a near copy of Landsat 8, which launched in February 2013 on a five-year mission but carries enough fuel last at least 10 years.

For example, Landsat 9 can differentiate more than 16,000 shades of a given color of light, compared to just 256 for Landsat 7, NASA officials said. Landsat 9 has two Earth-imaging instruments.