Earth-Monitoring Landsat 9 Satellite Launches in California

Earth-Monitoring Landsat 9 Satellite Launches in California
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off carrying the Landsat 9 earth imaging satellite from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Calif., on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. Matt Hartman via AP
The Associated Press
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LOS ANGELES—The latest in a series of U.S. satellites that has recorded human and natural impacts on Earth’s surface for decades was launched into orbit from California on Monday to ensure continued observations in the era of climate change.

Landsat 9 was carried into space aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket that lifted off from foggy Vandenberg Space Force Base at 11:12 a.m. The satellite successfully separated from the rocket’s upper stage more than an hour later.