Landsat 8 – Going Operational Social Media Event
Source: USGS Landsat Apr. 26, 2013 • On May 30, 2013, the Landsat Data Continuity Mission will begin its life’s work as an operational mission under the
Source: USGS Landsat Apr. 26, 2013 • On May 30, 2013, the Landsat Data Continuity Mission will begin its life’s work as an operational mission under the
Source: Jennifer Harbster, Library of Congress Blog Apr. 25, 2013 • In 1984, the U.S. launched an Earth remote sensing mission to extend the observational record of
Source: NASA Apr. 24, 2013 • All spacecraft and instrument systems continue to perform normally. LDCM continues to collect more than 400 scenes per day on the
An image from NASA’s LDCM satellite may look like a simple black-and-white image of a dramatic landscape, but it tells a story of temperature.
From the very beginning it was a looming ticking countdown clock to get the Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) instrument ready for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission launch.
Source: NASA Apr. 16, 2013 • All spacecraft and instrument systems continue to perform normally. Two ascent burns were performed in the last week. On Sunday, April
Building and launching the Landsat Data Continuity Mission required teams of people across the United States.
Source: USGS Landsat Project Apr. 8, 2013 • Greenbelt, Vandenberg, Gilbert and Sioux Falls: these four areas played important roles in the creation and implementation of the
Apr. 5, 2013 • All spacecraft and instrument systems continue to perform normally. LDCM under-flew the Landsat 7 satellite from Friday, Mar. 29, to Sunday, Mar.
Source: LCLUC Website Apr. 4, 2013 • The 2013 LCLUC Annual Spring Science Team meeting focused on wetlands. Presentations at the meeting included project status updates and
Aerospace engineer Jeanine Murphy-Morris has always been interested in flight, and that interest propelled her into a career building Earth-observing satellites. As a college student,