American Earth-observing satellite launched in 2013 as part of the Landsat program
Landsat 8
Landsat 8 during ground testing
Names
Landsat Data Continuity Mission
Mission type
Satellite imagery
Operator
NASA / USGS
COSPAR ID
2013-008A
SATCAT no.
39084
Website
[1]
Mission duration
5 years (planned) 10 years (with fuel) Elapsed: 11 years, 3 months, 12 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft
Landsat 8
Spacecraft type
LEOStar
Bus
LEOStar-3
Manufacturer
Orbital Sciences (prime) Ball Aerospace (OLI) NASA GSFC (TIRS)
Launch mass
2,623 kg (5,783 lb)
Dry mass
1,512 kg (3,333 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date
11 February 2013, 18:02:00 UTC
Rocket
Atlas V 401 (AV-035)
Launch site
Vandenberg, SLC-3E
Contractor
United Launch Alliance
Entered service
30 May 2013
Orbital parameters
Reference system
Geocentric orbit[1]
Regime
Sun-synchronous orbit
Altitude
705 km
Inclination
98.22°
Period
98.8 minutes
Instruments
Operational Land Imager (OLI) Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS)
Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) mission patch
Landsat program
← Landsat 7
Landsat 9 →
Landsat 8 is an American Earth observation satellite launched on 11 February 2013. It is the eighth satellite in the Landsat program; the seventh to reach orbit successfully. Originally called the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), it is a collaboration between NASA and the United States Geological Survey (USGS). NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, provided development, mission systems engineering, and acquisition of the launch vehicle while the USGS provided for development of the ground systems and will conduct on-going mission operations. It comprises the camera of the Operational Land Imager (OLI) and the Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS), which can be used to study Earth surface temperature and is used to study global warming.[2]
The satellite was built by Orbital Sciences Corporation, who served as prime contractor for the mission.[3] The spacecraft's instruments were constructed by Ball Aerospace & Technologies and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC),[4] and its launch was contracted to United Launch Alliance (ULA).[5] During the first 108 days in orbit, LDCM underwent checkout and verification by NASA and on 30 May 2013 operations were transferred from NASA to the USGS when LDCM was officially renamed to Landsat 8.[6]
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