Illustration of the Landsat 9 spacecraft in orbit around Earth, death over the United States from the Great Lakes to the Gulf ofMexico The satellite will take a trip at 7.5 km/second, circling around the world every 99 minutes at an elevation of 705 km (438 miles). Landsat 9 will image a swath 185 km (115 miles) in width and total about 14 orbits every day, therefore imaging every part of Earth every 16 days. Credit: NASA
On August 11,
