{"id":1755,"date":"2021-10-05T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T12:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/05\/landsat-9-power-positive-and-proceeding-smoothly-through-on-orbit-checkout\/"},"modified":"2021-10-05T12:45:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T12:45:00","slug":"landsat-9-power-positive-and-proceeding-smoothly-through-on-orbit-checkout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/05\/landsat-9-power-positive-and-proceeding-smoothly-through-on-orbit-checkout\/","title":{"rendered":"Landsat 9 Power-Positive and Proceeding Smoothly Through On-Orbit Checkout"},"content":{"rendered":"

Posted by NASA on October 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n

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On the cloudy fall morning of Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, the Landsat 9 satellite takes-off from Vandenberg Space Flight Center aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 401 rocket.\u00a0Kim Shiflett, NASA<\/p>\n

Thus far during checkout, the key milestones that Landsat 9 has passed include:<\/p>\n

deployment of the solar array and power-positive state;
\ninitiation and testing of all spacecraft subsystems, including attitude control, propulsion, solid state recorder, and payload interfaces
\nsuccessful communications between the Landsat Multi-satellite Operations Center (LMOC) and spacecraft
\nsuccessful contacts between the spacecraft and Landsat Ground Network (LGN) data receiving stations<\/p>\n

On Saturday, October 2, the two Landsat 9 instruments (OLI-2 and TIRS-2) were turned on and warmed up, beginning a period of outgassing that will last for the next three weeks and which must occur prior to initial Earth imaging for calibration.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Orbit insertion by the ULA Atlas V was extremely precise, and as a result Landsat 9 currently has fuel beyond the 10-year mission requirement.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Landsat 9 is on schedule to acquire a \u201cfirst-light\u201d Earth image during early November, followed by ascent to its final orbital altitude and start of normal operations in early January.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Go Landsat 9!<\/p>\n

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Posted by NASA on October 4, 2021 On the cloudy fall morning of Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, the Landsat 9 satellite takes-off from Vandenberg Space Flight Center aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 401 rocket.\u00a0Kim Shiflett, NASA Thus far during checkout, the key milestones that Landsat 9 has passed include: deployment of the…
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