Landsat 9
COSPAR 2021-088A · NORAD 49260
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
Mission
- Agency
- NASA
- Launch date
- 2021-09-27
- Status (SATCAT)
- operational
- Launch site code
- AFWTR
- Owner code
- US
- COSPAR ID
- 2021-088A
- NORAD ID
- 49,260
Source:NASA Science · checked 2026-11-02 ↗CelesTrak (data from USSPACECOM / 18 SDS) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
Orbit
- Period
- 98.83 min
- Inclination
- 98.21°
- Apogee
- 703 km
- Perigee
- 702 km
- Orbit center code
- EA
Source:CelesTrak (data from USSPACECOM / 18 SDS) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
In everyday life
- It circles Earth every 99 minutes — about 14.6 orbits a day (CelesTrak).
- Someone born in its launch year (2021) turns 5 this year.