Open AccessOfficials mark Landsat fortieth anniversary with look toward the future
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 2012
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 - 10.1029/2012eo310003
Subject(s) - launched , satellite , earth observation satellite , stock (firearms) , meteorology , geography , political science , remote sensing , library science , engineering , archaeology , computer science , aerospace engineering , electrical engineering
With the first Landsat satellite having launched 40 years ago and the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) on track to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on 11 February 2013, officials from several U.S. federal science agencies took stock of some of the accomplishments of Landsat (the world's longest running Earth‐observing satellite program), announced new tools for scientists working with Landsat data, and discussed some of the challenges facing the program during a 23 July briefing at the Newseum in Washington, D. C.