[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":52},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-\u002Fnews\u002Fcubesats-launched-landsat-9":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":20,"description":12,"extension":21,"images":22,"meta":37,"navigation":38,"path":39,"quotes":40,"seo":47,"sourceUrl":48,"stem":49,"summary":50,"__hash__":51},"news\u002Fnews\u002Fcubesats-launched-landsat-9.md","CubeSats launched with Landsat 9",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":16},"minimark",[9,13],[10,11,12],"p",{},"On September 28, 2021, four cubesats contracted by the U.S. Space Force’s Mission Manifest Office were successfully deployed into orbit. Adaptive Launch Solutions, in partnership with Parsons Government Services and working with NASA, designed, integrated and tested the integrated flight system launched aboard the United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The primary spacecraft was the NASA—U.S. Geological Survey Landsat 9 Observatory satellite.",[10,14,15],{},"Four MSVs sponsored by the Defense Innovation Unit, Air Force Research Laboratory, Missile Defense Agency, and NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative were flown and deployed from the L9EFS. The Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment (CUTE) from the University of Colorado at Boulder studies exoplanet atmospheres by monitoring them in the near-ultraviolet part of the electromagnetic spectrum. The Cusp Plasma Energy Detector (CuPID) from Boston University collects data on interactions between solar wind and Earth’s magnetosphere, carrying a novel wide field-of-view soft X-ray telescope to generate first-of-their-kind images. Two other cubesats flown in partnership with the Defense Innovation Unit were also successfully deployed.",{"title":17,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":19},"",2,[],"2021-09-28","md",[23,28,33],{"src":24,"alt":25,"width":26,"height":27},"\u002Fnews\u002Flandsat9-payload-install-01.webp","The integrated flight system on its handling dolly under blue inspection lighting, with a technician in cleanroom coveralls alongside.",1400,875,{"src":29,"alt":30,"width":31,"height":32},"\u002Fnews\u002Flandsat9-payload-install-02.webp","The encapsulated payload stack, wrapped in silver multi-layer insulation, standing inside an open Atlas V fairing half.",636,1000,{"src":34,"alt":35,"width":26,"height":36},"\u002Fnews\u002Flandsat9-payload-install-03.webp","The Landsat 9 EELV Secondary Payload Adapter Flight System, with four canisterized dispensers mounted around the ring.",1050,{},true,"\u002Fnews\u002Fcubesats-launched-landsat-9",[41,44],{"text":42,"attribution":43},"The U.S. Space Force and Launch Enterprise continually look for innovative opportunities to provide access to space. This successful collaboration with NASA highlights the tireless efforts of our organizations to develop and launch capability while maximizing the taxpayers’ dollars.","Col. Rob Bongiovi, Director, SSC Launch Enterprise",{"text":45,"attribution":46},"At the onset of the mission, the objective was to fly all mass simulators for a proof of concept, but we quickly identified real satellites to launch instead. Our ability to work with mission partners throughout the government and launch the most capability available into orbit is a key tenet of the Mission Manifest Office.","Maj. Julius Williams, Chief, Mission Manifest Office",{"title":5,"description":12},"https:\u002F\u002Fadaptivelaunch.com\u002F2021\u002F09\u002F28\u002Fcubesats-launched-landsat-9\u002F","news\u002Fcubesats-launched-landsat-9","Four cubesats contracted by the U.S. Space Force Mission Manifest Office were deployed into orbit from the Landsat 9 EELV Secondary Payload Adapter Flight System.","wbwXdB0bgdeRuBvamiKpoYbiqXCSLH3QbOyV9IbArhY",1788303102499]