From NASA… The Landsat Data Continuity Mission spacecraft is safely in orbit and sending telemetry back to Earth after a 1:02 p.m. EST liftoff aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket. The on-time liftoff followed a smooth countdown at Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Launch Complex 3. "The satellite is doing great," said […]
Leading Energy Publication Describes Use of Satellite Imagery to Shed Light on Lost WWII Fighter
Imagery Helps Pinpoint and Preserve Egyptian Crash Site
Exelis Visual Information Solutions to Support Imagery Collected from Landsat LDCM
BOULDER, Colo.–Feb. 12, 2013– ITT Exelis (NYSE:XLS) subsidiary Exelis Visual Information Solutions will fully support NASA’s visualization and analysis of data and images collected from the Landsat 8 satellite through the company’s ENVI software. The launch of Landsat 8, referred to as the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), took place Monday from Vandenberg Air Force […]
Interior Prepares to Conduct Landsat 8 Scientific Programs After Successful Launch of LDCM
Interior Prepares to Conduct Landsat 8 Scientific Programs After Successful Launch of Latest Earth-Observing Satellite – Secretary Salazar Says Interior-NASA Partnership Provides Model for New Strategy to Strengthen Science Education and Careers
NASA Launches New Earth Observation Satellite to Continue 40-Year Legacy
WASHINGTON — NASA’s Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) roared into space at 1:02 p.m. EST (10:02 a.m. PST) Monday aboard an Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The LDCM spacecraft separated from the rocket 79 minutes after launch and the first signal was received 3 minutes later at a ground station […]
DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-3 Satellite Continues on Track for Mid-2014 Launch
Company Will Complete GeoEye-2 Satellite to Preserve as Ground Spare
DigitalGlobe and GeoEye Complete Combination
Creates a Global Leader in Earth Imagery and Geospatial Analysis
Why Do You Fly an UltraCam?
Graz, Austria — January 24, 2013 — Microsoft recently put out a call to action to its customer base to submit homemade videos consistent with the popular “I Fly UltraCam” videos produced by Microsoft over the last several years. The ongoing campaign highlights customers describing in their own words why they chose award-winning UltraCam photogrammetric […]
Landsat Surface Reflectance Data Available
Landsat Surface Reflectance Climate Data Records (CDR) for Global Land Survey (GLS) collections 2000, 2005, and 2010 are now available from the Landsat CDR/ECV data set on EarthExplorer. The Surface Reflectance CDR is one of a number of higher-level Landsat data products produced to support land surface change studies. More details about Surface Reflectance CDRs […]
NASA Prepares for Launch of Next Earth Observation Satellite
NASA’s Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) is scheduled to launch Feb. 11 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. A joint NASA and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) mission, LDCM will add to the longest continuous data record of Earth’s surface as viewed from space. LDCM is the eighth satellite in the Landsat series, which […]