Landsat 9 is currently under development as a joint effort between NASA and the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Landsat 9 is largely a rebuild of Landsat 8 and has the same two sensors, an Operational Land Imager (OLI) and a Thermal InfraRed Sensor(TIRS). The OLI-2 on Landsat 9, being built by Ball Aerospace, has completed its pre-launch characterization and calibration and is scheduled to be delivered in the summer of 2019. The TIRS-2, with improved stray light performance and increased redundancy for improved reliability, is being built by Goddard Space Flight Center. TIRS-2is undergoing testing through Spring 2019 and is also scheduled for summer2019 delivery. Several improvements to the characterization of both instruments have been incorporated into the testing plan, including improved spectral and radiometric characterization. The instruments will then be integrated onto the spacecraft being built by Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems (NGIS). The mission is targeted to launch as early as December 2020 on an Atlas V.


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    Title :

    LANDSAT 9: Mission Status and Prelaunch Instrument Performance Characterization and Calibration


    Contributors:
    Brian Markham (author) / Julia Barsi (author) / Eric Donley (author) / Boryana Efremova (author) / Jason Hair (author) / Del Jenstrom (author) / Edward Kaita (author) / Ed Knight (author) / Geir Kvaran (author) / Joel McCorkel (author)

    Conference:

    IGARSS 2019 ; 2019 ; Yokohama, JP



    Publication date :

    2019-11-14



    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English