LDCM Launched Successfully on February 11, 2013!

The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) is the future of Landsat satellites. It will continue to obtain valuable data and imagery to be used in agriculture, education, business, science, and government.

The Landsat Program provides repetitive acquisition of high resolution multispectral data of the Earth's surface on a global basis. The data from the Landsat spacecraft constitute the longest record of the Earth's continental surfaces as seen from space. It is a record unmatched in quality, detail, coverage, and value.

NEW LDCM Overview Video
NEW LDCM Launch Party Kit

In the News

See www.nasa.gov/landsat for the latest news!

A New Description of Landsat 8 Bands, Courtesy of MapBox

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Landsat Satellite Looks Back at El Paso, Forward to a New Mission

06.11.13 – Where the Rio Grande marks the border between the United States and Mexico, the satellite program captured hundreds of images of fields turning green with the season, new developments, and clouds.
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NASA Transfers Landsat 8 Operations to USGS

05.30.13 – NASA transferred operational control Thursday of the Landsat 8 satellite to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in a ceremony in Sioux Falls, S.D.
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NASA's Landsat Satellite Looks for a Cloud-Free View

05.22.13 – Scientists studying the Aral Sea's changing ecology and retreating shoreline have looked to Landsat -- and a new feature of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission will help ensure they get a clear, cloud-free view.
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LDCM Arrives in Final Orbit

05.15.13 – After two months of on-orbit testing and calibration, LDCM fired its propulsion system on April 12, 2013, and ascended to its final orbit 438 miles (705 km) above Earth.
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New Public Application of Landsat Images Released

05.09.13 – 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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