{"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":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov\/article\/landsat-9-power-positive-and-proceeding-smoothly-through-orbit-checkout\">Posted by NASA on October 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/media\/images\/landsat-9-takes-vandenberg-space-flight-center\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>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<p>Thus far during checkout, the key milestones that Landsat 9 has passed include:<\/p>\n<p>deployment of the solar array and power-positive state;<br \/>\ninitiation and testing of all spacecraft subsystems, including attitude control, propulsion, solid state recorder, and payload interfaces<br \/>\nsuccessful communications between the Landsat Multi-satellite Operations Center (LMOC) and spacecraft<br \/>\nsuccessful contacts between the spacecraft and Landsat Ground Network (LGN) data receiving stations<\/p>\n<p>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<p>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<p>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<p>Go Landsat 9!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.usgs.gov\/core-science-systems\/nli\/landsat\/landsat-mission-headlines\">Return to all Landsat Headlines<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  USGS News: Landsat Missions<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/center-news\/landsat-9-power-positive-and-proceeding-smoothly-through-orbit-checkout\">Read More<\/a> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&hellip; 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