Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) Contract Awards
September 17, 2008 - NASA Selects Contractor For LDCM Mission Operations Element (MOE)
NASA selected The Hammers Company, Greenbelt, Md., to build the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) Mission Operations Element (MOE). Read more...
April 22, 2008 - NASA Selects Contractor for Landsat Data Continuity Mission Spacecraft
NASA has selected General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Inc., to build the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) spacecraft. Read more...
April 24, 2008 - Landsat Data Continuity Mission USGS Acquisition Strategy for Ground System Segments, LDCC and TSSC Contracts Awarded
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) share responsibility for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM).
The two largest USGS LDCM related contracts were awarded in March 2008 - the LDCM Data Continuity Contract (LDCC) was awarded to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Technical Support Services Contract (TSSC) was awarded to Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies, Inc. (SGT). Read More...
October 3, 2007 – NASA Selects Launch Services Provider for Earth Imagery Satellite
NASA's Launch Services Program office at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., has selected Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services of Littleton, Colo., for launching of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission. Read more...
July 16, 2007 – OLI Instrument Development Contract Awarded
Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. of Boulder, Colo. was
selected to develop the Operational Land Imager instrument for the
Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM). The LDCM is the successor
to Landsat 7 and is scheduled for launch in July 2011. NASA's
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. will manage the LDCM
development in partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
The USGS will be responsible for LDCM operations after launch and
on-orbit checkout. Read More...
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