A draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for an LDCM reflective band instrument, the Operational Land Imager (OLI), was released on Thursday, Dec. 7 on the NASA Acquisition Internet Service (NAIS). Please see, “Draft Document – Posted on Dec 07, 2006.”

Above the Earth, Below the Surface: Landsat’s Role in Monitoring Water Quality
Safeguarding freshwater resources is crucial, and while scientists use a variety of ground-based techniques to gauge water quality, the Landsat program has provided water quality data from orbit for decades.