Feb. 28, 2013 • The Landsat Data Continuity Mission successfully launched into orbit on Feb. 11, 2013 at 10:02 a.m. from Vandenberg Air Force Base’s SLC-3 launch pad aboard an Atlas V-401 rocket.
Assistant launch director Tim Dunn told NASA TV, “Things could not have gone better today. It really was an absolutely smooth countdown.”
Here we list a sampling of launch coverage resources including press releases, blog posts, launch photos, videos, and outside news coverage.
Weekly LDCM status updates are being provided on the NASA LDCM webpage.
Press Releases & Blog Posts
- NASA Launches New Earth Observation Satellite to Continue 40-Year Legacy;NASA
- Interior Prepares to Conduct Landsat 8 Scientific Programs After Successful Launch of Latest Earth-Observing Satellite; DOI
- NASA Launch Blog
- Orbital-Built Landsat Satellite Successfully Launched
- Ball Aerospace Advanced Imaging Instrument Launches Aboard Eighth Landsat Mission
- Launching 101: First Weather Balloons, Then Rockets; NASA Earth Observatory:Notes from the Field
- At the Top of the Tower; NASA Earth Observatory: Notes from the Field
- Who Pushes the Button? NASA Earth Observatory: Notes from the Field
- Landsat 8 Launch: NASA Social Style; NASA Earth Observatory: Notes from the Field
- So Much More To Learn; NASA Earth Observatory: Notes from the Field
- Landsat 8 Launch in Quotes; NASA Earth Observatory: Notes from the Field
Photos:
- Landsat Spacecraft Launches
- Landsat Data Continuity Mission Takes Off
- LDCM launch and prelaunch photos on Flickr via NASA Goddard
- LDCM NASA Social & launch photos of Flickr via NASA HQ
- LDCM launch – Bolden & Salazar
- Atlas 5 rocket continues legacy of Landsat via Spaceflight Now
- Landsat 8 launches into orbit, we watch from the ground via DVice
- Atlas V rocket launch via LA Times
Videos:
- Landsat in Space
- Landsat launches on Atlas V rocket
- Atlas V Rocket with LDCM
- Landsat Launched on This Week @NASA
- Landsat Launch a NASA Social Occasion via SpaceRef
- Feb. 8 Prelaunch Press Briefing
- Feb. 8 LDCM Science Briefing
Outside News Coverage
- Lift-off for latest Landsat mission, BBC
- NASA cheers new Landsat launch, CNN
- NASA launches Landsat Earth observation satellite, CNET
- Latest Earth Satellite Launches from California Coast, AP
- Landsat satellite blasts off to continue a 40-year Earth-observing campaign, NBC
- NASA launches Landsat 8 into orbit, Nature
- Landsat Data Continuity Mission launches, Ecological Society of America
- NASA Launches Advanced Landsat Earth-Watching Satellite Into Orbit, Space.com
- NASA Launches Advanced Landsat Earth-Watching Satellite into Orbit, Scientific American
- Atlas 5 rocket launch continues legacy of Landsat, Spaceflight Now
- New Landsat Earth-monitoring satellite launched from California, Yahoo! News
- NASA observation satellite blasts into orbit from Vandenberg, LA Times
- Spectacular launch from VAFB sends spacecraft into orbit, Lompoc Record
- Science Satellite Watches the World, Santa Barbara Independent
- NASA launches new Earth observation satellite, Wired.co.uk
- Latest Landsat in 40-year mission blasts off, New Scientist
- Landsat Launch Puts Earth-Observing Satellite Into Orbit, NASA Says, Huff. Post
- Landsat 8 Launched Today as Landsat 5 Enters Guinness World Records, Space Policy Online
- NASA launches new Landsat satellite, UN-spider
- Landsat 8 launches into orbit, we watch from the ground, DVice
- Landsat satellite launches successfully, San Francisco Chronicle via AP
- AMAZING Footage of a Satellite Deployment in Space, Slate.com
- New Satellite to Observe Australia from Space, Australian Government
- Landsat Data Continuity Mission Launched, NASA Watch
- Atlas launches new Landsat satellite, Space Today
- Managing Western water from space, High Country News
- US launches Earth observation Landsat 8 satellite, The China Post
- New Landsat-Earth monitoring satellite launched from California Monday a success,Examiner.com
- Geography department celebrates Landsat 8 NASA launch, DePaul Univ. Newsline
- Landsat Continuity Mission Launched, Ole Miss School of Law
- Latest Landsat successfully launched, Spatial Source
- NASA Successfully Launches New Landsat Satellite, WebPro News
- NASA launches latest Landsat mission, Gizmag
- Landsat 8 Launches, MapBox
- NASA puts Landsat 8 into orbit, GantDaily.com
- Landsat Satellite Provides Eye for Natural Resources, Ping!Zine
- Landsat 8 is Up and Away! Exelis
- Landsat satellite launches to monitor Earth’s changing landscape, Silicon Republic
- NASA launches Landsat 8 satellite to better study the skies above, water below,Engadget.com
