--- title: "Landsat 9: ULA successfully launches Atlas V" description: A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Landsat 9 mission for NASA lifted off on Sept. 27 at 11:12 a.m. PDT from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Space Force Base. To date ULA has launched 145 times with 100 percent mission success. image: https://blog.ulalaunch.com/hubfs/02_External_websiteBanner_Lansat9%20copy.jpg --- [![ULA_Logo](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/hubfs/ULA_Logo.png)](https://www.ulalaunch.com/) [![](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/hubfs/Back%20Arrow%20Blue.png) Back To Blog List](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog) [Launch](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/tag/launch) ## [Landsat 9: ULA successfully launches Atlas V](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/sbirs-geo-flight-5-ula-successfully-launches-atlas-v-0) September 27, 2021 [![Share on facebook](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/hubfs/facebook.png)](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/sbirs-geo-flight-5-ula-successfully-launches-atlas-v-0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook) [![Share on twitter](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/hubfs/twitter.png)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/sbirs-geo-flight-5-ula-successfully-launches-atlas-v-0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&url=https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/sbirs-geo-flight-5-ula-successfully-launches-atlas-v-0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&source=tweetbutton&text=Landsat+9%3A+ULA+successfully+launches+Atlas+V) [![Share on linkedin](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/hubfs/linkedin.png)](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/sbirs-geo-flight-5-ula-successfully-launches-atlas-v-0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin) ![](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/hubfs/02_External_websiteBanner_Lansat9%20copy.jpg) A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Landsat 9 mission for NASA lifts off from Space Launch Complex-3 on Sept. 27 at 11:12 a.m. PDT. Photo Credit: United Launch Alliance A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Landsat 9 mission for NASA lifted off on Sept. 27 at 11:12 a.m. PDT from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Space Force Base. To date ULA has launched 145 times with 100 percent mission success. “Thank you to our mission partners for the tremendous teamwork as we worked through a challenging health environment to launch this significant ability that will continue to enable future discoveries about our planet,” said Gary Wentz, ULA vice president of Government and Commercial Programs. “We are proud to empower critical Earth science research through our long-standing NASA partnership." Relive the countdown and launch in our Atlas V Landsat 9 [launch blog](https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/archived-launched/atlas-v-landsat-9). ## Related News & Topics [Launch](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/tag/launch) ## [SILENTBARKER/NROL-107: United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches Joint National Security Mission](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/silentbarker/nrol-107-united-launch-alliance-successfully-launches-joint-national-security-mission) September 10, 2023 [Launch](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/tag/launch) ## [SBIRS GEO Flight 5: ULA successfully launches Atlas V](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/sbirs-geo-flight-5-ula-successfully-launches-atlas-v) May 18, 2021 [Launch](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/tag/launch) ## [USSF-7: ULA launches sixth Orbital Test Vehicle mission](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/ussf-7-ula-launches-sixth-orbital-test-vehicle-mission) May 17, 2020 - [![Apple App Store Badge](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/hubfs/App_Store_Badge.svg)](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ula-anywhere-ar/id1454852470) - [![Google Play Store Badge](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/hubfs/google-play-badge.svg)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ula.anywherear&hl=en) - - - - - - Copyright 2026 United Launch Alliance, LLC. All Rights Reserved [Privacy](https://www.ulalaunch.com//terms-and-conditions#anchor11) | [Terms of Use](https://www.ulalaunch.com//terms-and-conditions)