CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - Landsat 9 -
Full Name Landsat 9
aka L9, Landsat-9
Status Operational (nominal)
Mission Agencies USGS, NASA Launch Date 27 Sep 2021
Mission Links mission site | mission site | data access portal | data access portal EOL Date Sep 2031
EO Portal Info NORAD Catalog # 49260 (TLE)
International Designator 2021-088A
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
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.
Mission Measurements
CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereCloud type, amount and cloud top temperature OLI-2, TIRS-2
Radiation budget OLI-2, TIRS-2
LandAlbedo 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
OceanOcean colour/biology OLI-2
Ocean topography/currents OLI-2
Multi-purpose imagery (ocean) OLI-2
Snow & IceSnow cover, edge and depth OLI-2, TIRS-2
Sea ice cover, edge and thickness OLI-2, TIRS-2
Mission Instruments
OLI-2 - Operational Land Imager 2
TIRS-2 - Thermal Infrared Sensor 2
OpenSearch Datasets No IDN OpenSearch datasets found.

Selected FedEO OpenSearch Results (view all 3 results: browser , table )
Landsat Collection 2 - Level-2 - Data Cube - LCF 16 days
Landsat Collection 2 - Level-2
Landsat Image Mosaic of São Paulo State - 6 months

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