launched fromUSA

Landsat 1

Name: Landsat 1
Start: 1972-07-23T18:06:00Z
Location: Vandenberg

Success

JUL 23197218:06:00 UTC

First use of 9 strap-on SRBs. Discovered Landsat Island.

LIFTOFF

JUL 23 1972

18:06:00 UTC

Success

launched fromSLC-2WVandenberg

aboardDelta 904Delta 89intoLEO

Payload

Earth Resource Technology Satellite