Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
Landsat 8
Landsat 8 is an American Earth observation satellite. It is the eighth satellite in the Landsat program; the seventh to reach orbit successfully. Originally called the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), it is a collaboration between NASA and the United States Geological Survey (USGS). NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, provided development, mission systems engineering, and acquisition of the launch vehicle while the USGS provided for development of the ground systems and will conduct on-going mission operations.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,512.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Location
SLC-3E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA
Stats
2013
9th orbital launch attempt
United Launch Alliance
68th mission
2nd mission of 2013
67th successful mission
63rd consecutive successful mission
Atlas V
36th mission
2nd mission of 2013
35th successful mission
26th consecutive successful mission