LANDSAT 9 is a payload in SSO orbit, operated by US Geological Survey EROS Data Center / NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, launched 2021.
| Orbit class | SSO |
| Inclination | 98.2273° |
| Eccentricity | 0.0001167 |
| Period | 98.8 min |
| Apogee | 703 km |
| Perigee | 702 km |
| Mean motion | 14.57111056 rev/day |
| RAAN | 257.6394° |
| Arg of perigee | 89.6982° |
| Mean anomaly | 270.4350° |
| B* | 8.1232e-5 |
| Rev at epoch | 25,384 |
1 49260U 21088A 26187.69877270 .00000321 00000-0 81232-4 0 99962 49260 98.2273 257.6394 0001167 89.6982 270.4350 14.57111056253841{
"OBJECT_NAME": "LANDSAT 9",
"OBJECT_ID": "2021-088A",
"EPOCH": "2026-07-06T16:46:13.961+00:00",
"MEAN_MOTION": 14.57111056,
"ECCENTRICITY": 0.0001167,
"INCLINATION": 98.2273,
"RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 257.6394,
"ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 89.6982,
"MEAN_ANOMALY": 270.435,
"EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
"CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
"NORAD_CAT_ID": 49260,
"REV_AT_EPOCH": 25384,
"BSTAR": 0.000081232,
"MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00000321,
"MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}Reconstructed from CelesTrak OMM mean-elements (element-set number is a placeholder). TLE/OMM data is approximate. Not for operational use or collision avoidance.
| Name | LANDSAT 9 |
| Operator | US Geological Survey EROS Data Center / NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree |
| Country | United States |
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//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.
| Mission purpose | — |
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