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Landsat Science
Since 1972 Landsat satellites have collected information about Earth from space. Learn more about the program from the Landsat project website.
News and Features
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Landsat Looks for a Cloud-Free View
A new feature of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission will help ensure scientists get a cloud-free view of Earth from space.
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LDCM Arrives in Final Orbit
The Landsat Data Continuity Mission offers a look at Earth from space with a crisper view than our eyes alone would be capable of.
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New Public Application of Landsat Images Released
Google has compiled more than a quarter-century of images of Earth taken from space into an interactive time-lapse experience.
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Landsat Thermal Sensor Lights Up from Volcano's Heat
As LDCM flew over Indonesia's Flores Sea April 29, it captured an image of Paluweh volcano spewing ash into the air.
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A Dynamic Landscape, a Dynamic Sensor →
The varied colors and topography of national forests in the Pacific Northwest's Cascade Mountains provide a great test for LDCM's eyesight.
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New Satellite Takes Salton Sea's Temperature
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.
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For NASA to Build TIRS on Schedule, Every Day Counted
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.
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Eye Exam for LDCM →
Once a satellite is in orbit, it's not ready to take measurements until a series of check-out procedures have been performed.
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LDCM Sees Its Birthplaces
Building and launching the Landsat Data Continuity Mission required teams of people across the United States.
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A Closer Look at LDCM's First Scene
Turning on new satellite instruments is like opening new eyes. On March 21, LDCM released its first images of Earth.
LDCM Prelaunch Image Gallery
Related Links
Broadcast-Quality Media
Landsat's 40th anniversary broadcast-quality video and multimedia content can be downloaded from this website.
Media Resources
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| › Press Kit (pdf) |
Launch Briefings and Events
News conferences, events and operating hours for the news center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida are set for the launch of NASA’s Landsat Data Continuity Mission, or LDCM satellite, aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket.
› View briefings and events
Broadcast-Quality Video
Produced video and b-roll in broadcast-suitable quality can be downloaded from NASA Goddard's Scientific Visualization Studio.
› View site
Media Contacts
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Rani Gran
805-605-3051 (VAFB Newsroom)
Rani.C.Gran@nasa.gov
NASA's Kennedy Space Center
George Diller
805-605-3051 (VAFB Newsroom)
George.H.Diller@nasa.gov
Media Credentials for Launch Viewing
News media interested in attending the LDCM launch should contact 2nd Lt. Kaylee Ausbun, U.S. Air Force 30th Space Wing Public Affairs Office, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., at (805) 606-3595 or kaylee.ausbun@us.af.mil.
General Information
The Landsat Program is a series of Earth-observing satellite missions jointly managed by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey. The first Landsat satellite launched in 1972 and the next satellite in the series, the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), is scheduled to launch on Feb. 11, 2013.
› Read More
› LDCM brochure (pdf)
› LDCM fact sheet (pdf)
› LDCM press kit (pdf)
Multimedia
View and download production-quality Landsat edited features, animations, footage and more from the Scientific Visualization Studio at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
› Landsat
› Landsat 7
› Landsat 7 Coral Reefs
› Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica
LDCM at Vandenburg AFB, Calif.:
› http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov... →
USGS image gallery:
› http://landsat.usgs.gov/gallery... →
Landsat 5 image gallery:
› www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/...