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NASA Working Hard for a 2012 LDCM Launch
03.15.11 - A recent Space News article elaborates on NASA’s motivation to launch the next Landsat satellite—the Landsat Data Continuity Mission—by December 2012.
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Landsat Science Team Meeting Held in Phoenix
03.03.11 - A semi-annual meeting of the Landsat Science Team was held in Phoenix, Arizona from March 1–3. The meeting focused on the LDCM mission status.
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LDCM Project Scientist Talks with Federal News Radio
12.29.10 - Dr. James Irons, the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) Project Scientist spoke with Federal News Radio about the roll of Landsat in disaster relief efforts.
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Goddard Center Director Announces New LDCM Project Manager
11.15.10 - Bill Ochs, the long-time Landsat Data Continuity Mission Project Manager, has been named the new James Webb Space Telescope Project Manager by the Goddard Space Flight Center Director.
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Technical Paper: The Thermal Infrared Sensor on LDCM
07.30.10 - A team of scientists presented a technical paper explaining the design of the thermal sensor (TIRS) that will be flown on the Landsat Data Continuity mission at the 2010 IGARSS meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Dept. of Interior Continues Leadership Role in Land Remote Sensing Under National Space Policy Announced by the President
06.28.10 - The National Space Policy announced by the White House today recognizes and endorses the Department of the Interior’s expertise and accomplishments in land imaging and remote sensing to advance global climate change research and provide data for science and natural resource management.
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Landsat Science Team Meeting Held in Boise, Idaho
06.18.10 - The Summer 2010 Landsat Science Team meeting was hosted by Rick Allen and Tony Morse in Boise, Idaho from June 15–17.
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NASA Completes Critical Design Review of Landsat Data Continuity Mission
Jun. 1, 2010 • The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) reached a major milestone last week when it successfully completed its Mission Critical Design Review (CDR)
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LDCM's OLI Successfully Completes Critical Design Review
11.26.2008 – The Operational Land Imager (OLI) being built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), the eighth in the Landsat satellite series, has successfully passed the Instrument Critical Design Review (ICDR).
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NASA Selects The Hammers Co. to Build LDCM MOE
09.17.2008 – NASA selected The Hammers Company, Greenbelt, Md., to build the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) Mission Operations Element (MOE).
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LDCM USGS Acquisition Strategy for Ground System Segments
04.24.08 – The USGS LDCM acquisition strategy is based upon competitive procurements for the engineering, development, integration and test, and operation of the ground system elements.
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NASA Selects Contractor for LDCM Spacecraft
04.22.2008 – NASA has selected General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Inc., to build the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) spacecraft.
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LDCM: Extending the Longest Legacy of Global Land Observation
10.25.2007 – In a world newly awash with geospatial information, only Landsat offers a rich archive of global mid-resolution, highly calibrated, multispectral data of Earth's landmasses. To extend this legacy, plans are in the works the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), which will collect and archive data consistent with its predecessor Landsat satellites.
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Missouri River Flooding Near Omaha
The Landsat 5 satellite captured an image of flooding occurring along the Iowa/Nebraska border on June 30, 2011.
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Landsat Reveals Historic N.D. Flooding
Landsat satellites captured views of Minot, N.D., showing extensive flooding following heavy rains in Canada.
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Landsat satellites Track Yellowstone's Underground Heat
Heat pouring off an ancient (and still active) volcano fuels Yellowstone's famous hot springs, mud pots, terraces and geysers, including Old Faithful.
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Landsat Satellite Images Compare Before and After Mass. Tornado
Landsat 5 satellite images showing the area between Springfield and Sturbridge, Mass. before and after the tornado on June 1, 2011
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Landsat Helps Fight Largest Fire in Arizona History
Arizona's largest fire in history continues to burn and Landsat data is being used to plan firefighting containment strategies and mitigation efforts.
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Snapshots From Space Cultivate Fans Among Farmers
There is a growing group of Midwest farmers who rely on satellite imagery from Landsat to maximize their harvest and minimize damage to their fields.
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Landsat 7 Satellite Shows Tsunami Effects in Sendai, Japan
Two sets of images from the Landsat 7 satellite captured before and after effects of the tsunami that followed the 9.0 earthquake off of Japan's east coast.
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Critical Milestone Reached for 2012 Landsat Mission
The Operational Land Imager (OLI), built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colo., has been approved by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for shipment to Orbital Sciences Corporation, Gilbert, Ariz. for integration onto the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) spacecraft.