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Landsat 8 Satellite Successfully Launches Into Orbit
Alex February 13, 2013 Geonews Comments Off on Landsat 8 Satellite Successfully Launches Into Orbit 2 Views
I'm currently abroad but wanted to share the good news that Landsat 8 Satellite Successfully Launches Into Orbit.
The Slashdot summary: ""The Landsat Data Continuity Mission is now in orbit, after launching Monday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Calif. After about three months of testing, the U.S. Geological Survey will take control and the mission, renamed Landsat 8, will extend more than 40 years of global land observations critical to energy and water management, forest monitoring, human and environmental health, urban planning, disaster recovery, and agriculture." We still need more new observation satellites to avoid losing Earth observing capabilities as the work horses of the NASA/USGS fleet die of old age."