Landsat 8 (aka LDCM) Spacecraft Animations and Still Images
- Visualizations by:
- Rachel Kreutzinger
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Landsat 8 continues the nearly 50-year long Landsat land imaging data set. In addition to widespread routine use for land use planning and monitoring on regional to local scales, support of disaster response and evaluations, and water use monitoring, Landsat 8 measurements directly serve NASA research in the focus areas of climate, carbon cycle, ecosystems, water cycle, biogeochemistry, and Earth surface/interior.
Animation of the Landsat 8 (formerly known as LDCM, the Landsat Data Continuity Mission) spacecraft in orbit around the Earth. The satellite will travel at 7.5 km/second, circling the globe every 99 minutes at an altitude of 438 miles. LDCM will image a swath 185 km in width and complete about 14 orbits each day, thereby imaging Earth's land every 16 days.
Animation of Landsat 8 (formerly known as LDCM, the Landsat Data Continuity Mission) spacecraft in orbit around the Earth, highlighting the nadir apertures of the instruments. The satellite will travel at 7.5 km/second, circling the globe every 99 minutes at an altitude of 438 miles. LDCM will image a swath 185 km in width and complete about 14 orbits each day, thereby imaging Earth's land every 16 days.
Second animation of the Landsat 8 (formerly known as LDCM, the Landsat Data Continuity Mission) spacecraft in orbit around the Earth. The satellite will travel at 7.5 km/second, circling the globe every 99 minutes at an altitude of 438 miles. LDCM will image a swath 185 km in width and complete about 14 orbits each day, thereby imaging Earth's land every 16 days.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
Animators
- Rachel Kreutzinger (USRA) [Lead]
- Tyler Chase (USRA)
Scientist
- James R. Irons (NASA/GSFC)
Producer
- Matthew Radcliff (KBRwyle)