Landsat 8

Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM)

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General

Designation	39084 / 13008A
Launch date	11 Feb 2013
Country of origin	United States
Mission	Remote sensing
Perigee/Apogee	685 km sun synchronous
Inclination	98.2°
Period	98 min
Launch vehicle	Atlas 5

Operated jointly by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Launch initially planned in 2011.

Launch worth $124 million. Satellite (not including government-provided instruments) worth $116.3 million

Will not have the high resolution IR sensor.

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Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	GD AIS
Platform	Leostar 3 (was Spectrum Astro SA-200HP)
Mass at launch	2787 kg
Dry mass	2392 kg
Dimension
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime

Carries the Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS): it uses Quantum Well Infrared Photodetectors (QWIPs) to detect long wavelengths of light emitted by the Earth with an intensity depending on surface temperature.

The other main instrument is the Operational Land Imager (OLI): Provides 15 m panchromatic and 30 m multispectral resolution with a 185 km swath width.

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