Earth  ID: 11035

Landsat 8 Video File

Released on January 10, 2013
The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) is a collaboration between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey that will continue the Landsat Program's 40-year data record of monitoring Earth's landscapes from space. LDCM will expand and improve on that record with observations that advance a wide range of Earth sciences and contribute to the management of agriculture, water and forest resources.

The LDCM observatory was successfully launched aboard an Atlas V-401 rocket on February 11, 2013, from Vandenberg Air Force Base. The operation of the satellite will be handed over to the U.S. Geological Survey on May 30, 2013.

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The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) is a collaboration between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey that will continue the Landsat Program's 40-year data record of monitoring Earth's landscapes from space. LDCM will expand and improve on that record with observations that advance a wide range of Earth sciences and contribute to the management of agriculture, water and forest resources.

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Video footage of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) spacecraft being assembled in the cleanroom at Orbital Sciences Corp. in Gilbert, Arizona, before shipment to Vandenberg Air Force Base for launching.
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Video footage of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) spacecraft being accepted and processed before launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base.
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Video footage of the Atlas V launch vehicle being assembled to launch the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) from Vandenberg Air Force Base on February 11, 2013.

Credits

Matthew R. Radcliff (USRA): Video Editor
James R. Irons (NASA/GSFC): Interviewee
Del Jenstrom (NASA/GSFC): Interviewee
Matthew R. Radcliff (USRA): Producer
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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Missions:
Landsat
LDCM: Landsat Data Continuity Mission
Landsat 8

This item is part of these series:
Narrated Movies
Landsat

Goddard TV Tape:
G2013-009 -- LDCM Launch Press

Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
DLESE >> Narrated
NASA Science >> Earth