Landsat

Mission Headlines

May 17, 2013 - Surface reflectance is now available as a Landsat climate data record (CDR) product through EarthExplorer.
These products are generated on-demand from Landsat 5 TM and Landsat 7 ETM+ data and are also available for the Global Land Survey 2000, 2005, and 2010 collections.

May 16, 2013 - This image of the Ethiopian Highlands (Lake Tana is in the upper right) was taken on April 19, 2013 and is but a small portion of the Long Swath visualization created by our mission partner NASA.

May 15, 2013 - Fly with LDCM!
On April 19, 2013, the Landsat Data Continuity Mission passed over one long swath from Russia to southern Africa. Our mission partners at NASA crafted a beautiful fly-over that is a must-see!

May 13, 2013 - Wildfire data available for download
Last week, NASA Earth Observatory released a change pair of Landsat Data Continuity Mission images that showed before and after the southern California wildfire. Users can now download the entire 10-band image from May 4, 2013, which is the post-fire scene.

May 9, 2013 - Landsat 8 view of southern California burn scar
Stunning before and after images of the burn scar of the southern California wildfire have been released on the NASA Earth Observatory page. These images were acquired by the newest Landsat satellite, the Landsat Data Continuity Mission. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=81085

LDCM/Landsat 8 Info

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The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 10:02 a.m. PST on February 11, 2013. In about 100 days, the USGS will take control and the spacecraft will be renamed Landsat 8 and data will be made available to all users at no charge. LDCM is collaboration between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Landsat 5 Sets Guinness World Record For 'Longest Operating Earth Observation Satellite'

Image of the Week
The Launch of the Next Landsat

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See pictures of Vandenberg Air Force Base from Kennedy Space Center!

Watch one of our favorite NASA's videos about Landsat!

Fold your own LDCM - Print the paper satellite model and instructions. This is a detailed model of the LDCM, and it took one of our engineers two hours to construct!

Details about launch; status & and stats.

Spacecraft: Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM)
Launch Vehicle: Atlas V-401
Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
Launch Pad: Space Launch Complex-3E
Launch Date: Feb. 11, 2013
Launch Time: 10:02 - 10:50 a.m. PST