Image: Landsat 8 launch
Description: VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. -- The Landsat Data Continuity Mission spacecraft lifted off at 1:02 p.m. EST, 10:02 a.m. PST) [sic] atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 3 at California's Vandenberg Air Force Base. 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. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/landsat/main/index.html
Title: Landsat 8 launch
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