LDCM satellite in orbit, artwork
LDCM satellite in orbit. Artwork of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) satellite, as it would appear in Earth orbit. This will be the eighth satellite in the long-running Landsat program and is scheduled for launch in 2013. The first Landsat satellite launched in 1972, with the current one (Landsat 7) launched in 1999. Landsat 5 (launched 1984) is also still operating. Here, the LDCM is passing over the Gulf Coast of the USA, with North at top.
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