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Landsat Data Continuity Mission and Landsat-8
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All Points Blog tells us about the good news, Landsat-8 should be launched in 2010. From the Government Computer News: "One of the programs slated for an increase is the Geological Survey’s Landsat Data Continuity Mission, which would receive an additional $16 million to build a system to process data from the Landsat 8 satellite set to be launched in 2010."
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Last week ago we told you about Landsat-5 problems, Very Spatial links to a NASA update on the Landsat Data Continuity Mission. This topic was discussed a few times before (see previous stories below). The article's introduction: "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 for a July 2011 launch of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), which will collect and archive data consistent with its predecessor Landsat satellites. This July, NASA selected Ball Aerospace and Technology Corporation to build LDCM’s Operational Land Imager (OLI) instrument, bringing the long-awaited Landsat follow-on mission closer to actualization."
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