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December 22, 2017 - Landsat 8 Maneuver Update

The Landsat Flight Operations Team (FOT) successfully performed a retro-burn maneuver to arrest Landsat 8's westward drift across its WRS-2 ground track on December 21, 2017. (Read More)

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December 20, 2017 - Landsat 8 Orbit Maneuver

At approximately 5:25 am CST (11:25 UTC) Thursday, December 21, 2017, Landsat 8 operations will be suspended for a short period of time during an orbit correction maneuver. No data will be acquired during this maneuver. Normal operations are expected to resume by 9:25 am CST (15:25 UTC) on Thursday, December 21, 2017. (Read More)

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