Open AccessLandsat continuity mission set for launch
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1002/2013eo040004
Subject(s) - geological survey , remote sensing , data set , geology , earth observation , geodesy , computer science , satellite , aerospace engineering , engineering , geophysics , artificial intelligence
While the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), scheduled for launch on 11 February, is expected to continue Landsat's more than 40‐year continuous record of providing Earth surface data, the future of the program beyond that mission—which will be renamed as Landsat 8 after its initial space checkout phase—is unclear, according to an official with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).