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... monitoring, climate change research and water management." NASA is preparing to launch the next Landsat satellite, the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), in February 2013 from Vandeberg. LDCM will be the most ... and increase reliability. LDCM will join Landsat 5 and Landsat 7 satellites in Earth orbit to continue the Landsat data record. "The first 40 years of the Landsat program have delivered the most consistent ...

... an unparalleled four-decade record of monitoring Earth's landscape from space. Landsat 8 is the latest in the Landsat series of remote-sensing satellites, which have been providing global coverage of ... 's Earth Science program, said NASA Administrator Charles Bolden in Washington. "Landsat 8 carries on a long tradition of Landsat satellites that for more than 40 years have helped us learn how ... water management, urban planning, disaster recovery, and agriculture. With Landsat 8 circling Earth 14 times a day, and in combination with Landsat 7, researchers will be able to use an improved frequency ...

... Jan.), Landsat seemed a more appropriate name for a satellite that studied the land. Landsat Program Manager Harry Mannheimer said that Landsat- B would be launched into the same orbital plane as Landsat-1 ... scientists to study dynamic phenomena more effectively. Mannheimer said that a significant improvement over Landsat-1 was Landsat-B 's increase in command storage, adding flexibility in commanding the various instruments while ...

... (OLI) and Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS). The measurements will be compatible with data from past Landsat satellites, but the LDCM instruments use advanced technology to improve reliability, sensitivity, and data quality ... will advance and improve the array of scientific investigations and resource management applications supported by Landsat images. I anticipate new knowledge and applications to emerge with an increasing demand for the ...

... as possible with a thematic mapper and a multispectral scanner like that carried on Landsat 3 ; launch Landsat D as soon as possible with only a multispectral scanner, following as soon as possible with another Landsat carrying the thematic mapper and a multispectral scanner; or launch Landsat D with Landsat D Prime (the backup) each carrying only a multispectral ...

... pay $250 million over the next five years for Eosat to construct two new Landsat satellites ( Landsat 6 and 7); provide a ground system to operate and process data from the new ... projected cost. The Commerce Department said the new satellites, Landsat 6 scheduled for launch in 1988 and Landsat 7 scheduled for launch when Landsat 6 neared the end of its approximately five-year ...

... , urban planning, disaster recovery and agriculture. NASA and the USGS jointly manage the Landsat Program. For decades, Landsat has played an important part in NASA's mission to advance Earth system science ... , Md. These instruments are designed to improve performance and reliability over previous Landsat sensors. LDCM will be the best Landsat satellite yet launched in terms of the quality and quantity of the ...

... sufficient to improve remote-sensing interpretative techniques and to further demonstrate the practical application of Landsat data. Secondary objectives were to acquire sufficient multispectral coverage over the U.S. to supply ... System. A 3-day delay in the launch changed the initial orbital phasing of Landsat-2 relative to Landsat-1 (launched as Erts 1 on 23 July 1972) into a 12- to ... return-beam vidicon (RBV) were turned on, and operating normally. Teaming up with Landsat-1 , the 953-kg Landsat-2 would provide repetitive coverage of almost the entire earth to demonstrate the ...

... had operated four Landsat s, including Landsat 4 , launched in July 1982, and a ground system at GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER GSFC . Landsat-1 and Landsat-2 were no longer operating; Landsat 3 would be ... in 1985. NOAA would also take over the Landsat 4 backup spacecraft (the Landsat D now in final checkout by General Electric) that would replace Landsat 4 , probably in mid-1985. NOAA would ...

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