NASA is going to on Monday, February 11) emission earth observation satellite, will continue to forty years of famous projects from space monitoring our planet's surface.
Landsat data continuity task scheduled launch in the United States on Monday at 1 PM eastern time he (1802 GMT / 10:02 AM PST) in California's vandenberg air force base. LDCM satellite is in the earth resource satellite plan, and has set up a file review from the earth's orbit, earth resource satellite 1 in 1972 since the launch of the eighth sequence continuously.
The task team members LDCM called for the building of the most advanced, the most capable landsat spacecraft. It should help the United States and other countries all over the world monitoring environment change, better manage their natural resources, they said.
", LDCM will continue to describe the human impact on the planet, the human being on the earth, which is very important for 700 billion people in our planet, "LDCM project manager Ken Schwer, NASA Goddard space flight center in greenbelt, Maryland, told reporters, today (February 8) during a news conference before launch. [picture: a landsat spacecraft on earth observation,
The task is $855 million LDCM NASA and the United States geological survey, which will take over the business after the launch of the spacecraft and the cooperation between the initial detection. At this point, the satellite will be renamed landsat eight.
The earth satellite and the compression around the earth 438 miles (705 km) height, use two sensors to study on the surface of the planet of the electromagnetic spectrum of visible light and infrared part.
SUV - earth satellite will achieve full cover, every 16 day, although it will reduce this time, every eight days overall scheme. This is because the earth resource satellite will fly eight day behind the landsat 7, was founded in 1999, and in recently became the only put into use of the earth's resources satellite spacecraft. (Landsat 5, recently retired after 29 years of service).
Scientists say, the earth resource satellite observation will have a wide range of applications, from lighting the effects of climate change in order to monitor gross output value of agriculture help authorities to deal with natural disasters.
"Landsat data is a global resources, make the country separate monitoring and reporting," mike said, Wulder in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada forest service. "In addition, landsat data let us see the world look like, and how it changes with time.
In vandenberg air force base the weather should be good officials said Monday in launch window, but it is not this cooperation. Investigation group to perform some ammunition connection LDCM carrier rocket that joint emission league atlas 5 rocket, in earlier today, but can't do this, because the threat of thunder and lightning.
"We have been able to get work done, said," NASA launch director omar · Bates. "If we don't do that, then we will have to reevaluate the schedule, but it's too early to conclusions."



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