{"id":1756,"date":"2021-10-01T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/01\/landsat-9-reaches-orbit-makes-ground-contact-to-continue-legacy\/"},"modified":"2021-10-01T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T16:30:00","slug":"landsat-9-reaches-orbit-makes-ground-contact-to-continue-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/01\/landsat-9-reaches-orbit-makes-ground-contact-to-continue-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Landsat 9 Reaches Orbit, Makes Ground Contact to Continue Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/media\/images\/landsat-9-launch\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Landsat 9 launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 1:12 p.m. CT Monday, Sept. 27, aboard an Atlas V rocket. (NASA photo)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLandsat 9 is the first mission of the USGS-NASA Sustainable Land Imaging (SLI) partnership, delivering the long-awaited first installment of a multi-decadal commitment to sustaining Landsat continuity for hundreds of thousands of users in the U.S. and across the globe,\u201d said Tim Newman, program coordinator for the USGS National Land Imaging Program.<\/p>\n<p>NASA is currently testing and evaluating the on-orbit performance characteristics of the spacecraft\u2019s operating and mission-specific systems. After approximately 100 days post-launch, when NASA has ensured everything is working properly, it will turn the satellite over to the USGS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re very excited by the increase in capability Landsat 9 delivers to our users and eager to take operational control of the mission once we finish our on-orbit checkout with NASA,\u201d Newman said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s exciting,\u201d said Kristi Kline,\u00a0Satellite and Ground Systems Operations branch chief at the USGS EROS Center. \u201cOur new baby has arrived.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is the third Landsat to launch during the EROS tenure of Terry Sohl,\u00a0who is currently the acting branch chief for the Integrated Science and Applications Branch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe overwhelming reaction is excitement and anticipation, particularly as Landsat 7\u2019s value as a science instrument is coming to an end. We need that second system to provide data continuity and a denser temporal coverage,\u201d Sohl said.<\/p>\n<p>John Hahn, the deputy director of EROS, also emphasized the importance of Landsat 9\u2019s role with Landsat 8 in maintaining the eight-day repeat cycle of observing every point on Earth. \u201cThis is a continuation of some of the important work that we do and an advancement,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Newman also looks ahead to the advancements of the satellite that will follow. \u201cWith Landsat 9 safely in orbit, our SLI development program focus shifts now to its next major project\u2014Landsat Next, which is well underway and should revolutionize the capability we deliver to our users.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  USGS News: Landsat Missions<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/center-news\/landsat-9-reaches-orbit-makes-ground-contact-continue-legacy\">Read More<\/a> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Landsat 9 launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 1:12 p.m. CT Monday, Sept. 27, aboard an Atlas V rocket. (NASA photo) \u201cLandsat 9 is the first mission of the USGS-NASA Sustainable Land Imaging (SLI) partnership, delivering the long-awaited first installment of a multi-decadal commitment to sustaining Landsat continuity for hundreds of thousands of users&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/01\/landsat-9-reaches-orbit-makes-ground-contact-to-continue-legacy\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-landsat"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1756\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}