File:Landsat 9 Hoist out of Transfer Tower at IPF (KSC-20210914-PH-RNB01 0018).jpg

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The Landsat 9 payload is hoisted out of the transfer tower inside the Integration Processing Facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Sept. 14, 2021, in preparation for transport to Vandenberg’s Space Launch Complex 3.

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English: The Landsat 9 payload is hoisted out of the transfer tower inside the Integration Processing Facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Sept. 14, 2021, in preparation for transport to Vandenberg’s Space Launch Complex 3. The Landsat 9 mission launch, which is being managed by NASA’s Launch Services Program based at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is targeted for no earlier than Sept. 27, 2021. Landsat 9 will launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. The satellite will monitor key natural and economic resources from orbit. Landsat 9 is a joint mission between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey.

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Taken on 14 September 2021

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This image or video was catalogued by Kennedy Space Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: KSC-20210914-PH-RNB01_0018.

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