National Aeronautics and Space Administration

The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) is the future of Landsat satellites. It will continue to obtain valuable data and imagery to be used in agriculture, education, business, science, and government.

The Landsat Program provides repetitive acquisition of high resolution multispectral data of the Earth's surface on a global basis. The data from the Landsat spacecraft constitute the longest record of the Earth's continental surfaces as seen from space. It is a record unmatched in quality, detail, coverage, and value.

In the News

LDCM Family Portrait

03.08.12 – Both Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) instruments have been mounted to the spacecraft at Orbital Science Corp. in Gilbert Arizona.
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Landsat Infrared Sensor Arrives at Orbital

02.14.12 – A new NASA satellite instrument that makes a quantum leap forward in detector technology has arrived at Orbital Sciences Corp. in Gilbert, Ariz.
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LDCM Thermal Instrument Completes Pre-Ship Testing

01.19.12 – LDCM's thermal instrument (TIRS) completed the last of its functional testing at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center yesterday.
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NASA and USGS Announce Media Briefing: How Will We Sustain a More Populated Planet?

11.16.11 – Observing our world by remote sensing satellites enables scientists around the world to detect the most critical trends in natural resource conditions at local to global scales.
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Landsat's TIRS Instrument Comes Out of First Round of Thermal Vacuum Testing

11.01.11 –The Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) that will fly on the next Landsat satellite came out of its first round of thermal vacuum testing Tuesday, October 4 at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
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