Objectives and Applications
                  
                
               
              
                5-year mission design life with at least 10 years of consumables. Earth resources, land surface, environmental monitoring, agriculture and forestry, disaster monitoring and assessment, ice and snow cover.
              
              
              
                Full Name
                
                  Landsat 9
aka L9, Landsat-9
                
                
                  Mission Status
                
                
                  Operational (nominal)
                
               
              
                
                  Mission Agencies
                
                
                
                  Launch Date
                
                
                  27 Sep 2021
                
               
              
                
                  Mission Links
                
                
                EOL Date
                
                  Sep 2031
                
               
              
              
              
                Orbit Type
                
                  Sun-synchronous
                
                
                  Orbit Period
                
                
                  98.9 minutes
                
               
              
                
                  Orbit Sense
                
                
                  Descending
                
                
                  Orbit Inclination
                
                
                  98.2 deg
                
               
              
                
                  Orbit Altitude
                
                
                  705 km
                
                
                  Orbit Longitude
                
                
                  
                
               
              
                Orbit LST
                
                  10:11
                
                
                  Repeat Cycle
                
                
                  16 days
                
               
              
                
                  NORAD Catalog #
                
                
                
                  International Designator
                
                
               
              
              
                
		
			| OLI-2 - Operational Land Imager 2  | 
			| TIRS-2 - Thermal Infrared Sensor 2  | 
	
               
              
              
                
		
			| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) | 
			| Atmosphere | Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | OLI-2, TIRS-2 | 
			|  | Radiation budget | OLI-2, TIRS-2 | 
			| Land | Albedo and reflectance | OLI-2, TIRS-2 | 
			|  | Vegetation | OLI-2, TIRS-2 | 
			|  | Surface temperature (land) | OLI-2, TIRS-2 | 
			|  | Multi-purpose imagery (land) | OLI-2, TIRS-2 | 
			|  | Inland Waters | OLI-2, TIRS-2 | 
			| Ocean | Ocean colour/biology | OLI-2 | 
			|  | Ocean topography/currents | OLI-2 | 
			|  | Multi-purpose imagery (ocean) | OLI-2 | 
			| Snow & Ice | Snow cover, edge and depth | OLI-2, TIRS-2 | 
			|  | Sea ice cover, edge and thickness | OLI-2, TIRS-2 | 
	
               
              
              
		
                
                
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