![Newest Landsat Satellite Returns First Images]()
Two LDCM instruments imaged the intersection of the Great Plains and the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains.
![Editorial | Enjoy Landsat 8 — While It Lasts]()
For those seeking long-term stability in the program, there’s no relief in sight.
![NASA’s Landsat 5 Satellite Sets Guinness World Record]()
After 29 years, Landsat 5, has long outlived its initial three-year mission.
![Researchers Await Bounty of Imagery from Landsat 8]()
Researchers say Landsat 8 will offer far more detailed imagery than its predecessors.
Today’s launch of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission, soon to be known as Landsat 8, was a long time coming.
![How Landsat’s Launch Will Improve Environmental Monitoring]()
The new satellite will offer far more detailed imagery than its predecessors.
![USGS Chief To Step Down Following Landsat 8 Launch]()
Marcia McNutt is stepping down as the director of the USGS to return to academia.
Demand for free Landsat Earth imaging data “continues to grow and continues to grow.”
![Newest Landsat Readied for Launch as Oldest Nears End of Mission]()
A day after the eighth Landsat arrived at Vandenberg, the USGS announced it will begin procedures to deorbit Landsat 5.
![Orbital, NASA Hit New Snags on Landsat Development Program]()
GREENBELT, Md. — Orbital Sciences Corp. continues to have problems on a money-losing Earth observation satellite contract inherited from General Dynamics Corp. that is at the center of a legal dispute between the companies.
![USGS Seeks $53M for Landsat Operations]()
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is seeking $53 million in 2013 to continue operating the nation’s Landsat spacecraft and disseminating their data while preparing a new ground system for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) launching in January.
It is an oft-quoted saying that those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. A lack of historical perspective would explain why the U.S. Congress appears intent on steering the nation’s civilian land imaging program down an all-too-familiar path to instability.
![U.S. Government Looking To Lower Landsat Costs]()
SAN FRANCISCO — U.S. government agencies are working together to look for ways to reduce the cost of future Landsat missions as a result of congressional direction included in the 2012 budget passed in December.
![For Landsat Observations, Data Continuity Remains Key]()
SAN FRANCISCO — Scientists eagerly awaiting the scheduled launch in early 2013 of the next Landsat moderate-resolution land imaging satellite stressed the importance of continuing the data records with future spacecraft during a Nov. 16 press briefing.
![Landsat 5 Shows Signs of Impending Failure]()
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has suspended imaging operations for the Landsat 5 satellite as engineers mount a 90-day effort to restore satellite-to-ground transmissions for the 27-year-old spacecraft, the agency announced Nov. 18.
