NASA Awards Launch Contracts for Sentinel-6A & Landsat 9 to SpaceX & ULA

October 20, 2017October 20, 2017 Patrick Blau 6639 Views Copernicus, EUMETSAT, European Commission, Landsat, Landsat 9, NOAA, Sentinel, Sentinel-6, Sentinel-6A

NASA announced a pair of new launch contracts this week for the Landsat 9 mission and the joint U.S.-European Sentinel-6A satellite, set to launch in 2020/21 atop Atlas V and Falcon 9 rockets, respectively.