Orbital ATK Achieves Significant Development Milestone for NASA’s Landsat 9 Satellite
15 Março 2018 - 10:15AM
Business Wire
New Land Remote Sensing Spacecraft on
Schedule for 2020 Launch
Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA), a global leader in aerospace and defense
technologies, has been given approval to begin building the NASA
Landsat 9 spacecraft after completing a comprehensive design review
of the mission. Landsat 9, a land surface mapping satellite, will
collect space-based images and data that serve as valuable
resources for researchers in areas that include agriculture, land
use mapping, and disaster relief. Orbital ATK is designing and
manufacturing the satellite, integrating two government-furnished
instruments, and supporting launch, early orbit operations and
on-orbit check-out of the observatory.
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Landsat 9 is on schedule to launch in
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Representatives from NASA and Orbital ATK successfully completed
a rigorous Critical Design Review (CDR) demonstrating that the
program meets all technical performance measures and requirements.
The execution of the design review enables the program to
effectively transition into manufacturing and prepare for the
assembly, test and launch operations phase of the mission. The
Landsat 9 spacecraft will be manufactured and tested at the
company’s Gilbert, Arizona, facility and is currently planned for
launch in late 2020. The spacecraft will be operated by the U.S.
Geological Survey once in orbit.
“I am extremely pleased with the progress our team has made
since the contract was awarded about a year and a half ago. We have
passed every milestone and remain on schedule to launch in 2020,”
said Steve Krein, Vice President of Science and Environmental
Programs at Orbital ATK. “This will be the fourth Landsat satellite
built by Orbital ATK for NASA and demonstrates our continued
ability to deliver high-quality land imaging satellites that
support the Landsat program’s long record of success.”
The Critical Design Review took place February 26 through March
1 at Orbital ATK’s facility in Gilbert, Arizona. Landsat 9 will
extend the length of the overall Landsat series to half a century,
providing the longest continuous record of the Earth’s surface as
seen from space. Orbital ATK has built three other Landsat
satellites, including Landsat 8, which was launched in 2013, and is
providing high quality images in quantities that surpass mission
requirements. The company was also responsible for the successful
Landsat 4 and Landsat 5 satellites launched in 1982 and 1984.
Landsat 9 is based on Orbital ATK’s flight-proven LEOStar-3™
spacecraft bus platform, the same that was successfully used on
Landsat 8. The Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation satellite (ICESat-2)
and the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS-2) spacecraft are also
based on the LEOStar-3 bus platform and currently in production for
NASA at Orbital ATK’s Gilbert facility.
About Orbital ATK
Orbital ATK is a global leader in aerospace and defense
technologies. The company designs, builds and delivers space,
defense and aviation systems for customers around the world, both
as a prime contractor and merchant supplier. Its main products
include launch vehicles and related propulsion systems; missile
products, subsystems and defense electronics; precision weapons,
armament systems and ammunition; satellites and associated space
components and services; and advanced aerospace structures.
Headquartered in Dulles, Virginia, Orbital ATK employs
approximately 14,000 people across the U.S. and in several
international locations. For more information, visit
www.orbitalatk.com.
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