Status of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission

James R. Irons, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, james.r.irons@nasa.gov (Presenter)
Jeffrey G. Masek, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, jeffrey.g.masek@nasa.gov
Bruce D. Cook, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, bruce.cook@nasa.gov

The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) is on schedule for a December 2012 launch. NASA and USGS are developing the LDCM in partnership with NASA leading the development of the satellite observatory while USGS leads the development of the ground system. NASA will be responsible for the satellite launch and check-out and USGS will take over satellite operations and data management following a brief in-orbit check-out period. The satellite is being built by Orbital Sciences Corporation and it will carry a two-sensor payload into orbit. The Operational Land Imager (OLI) is being built by Ball Aerospace & Tecnology Corporation and will collect data for nine visible, near infrared, and shortwave infrared spectral bands with the spatial resolution of 30 m across an 185 km swath (with one 15 m panchromatic band. The Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) is being built by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and it will collect data for two thermal infrared bands with a spatial resolution of 100 m. OLI has completed assembly and instrument level testing and is ready for shipment for integration onto the spacecraft. TIRS has completed assembly at GSFC and has begun environmental testing. TIRS will ship in December 2011. The poster will describe OLI, TIRS, and the spacecraft, will discuss status, and will present pre-launch performance data. LDCM is the follow-on mission to Landsat 7 and USGS intends to rename the satellite Landsat-8 following launch.

Presentation Type:  Poster

Session:  Other   (Tue 11:30 AM)

Associated Project(s): 

• Masek, Jeff: GLS-2010 project ...details

Poster Location ID: 217