Earth resources
NORAD ID: 39084
Int'l Code: 2013-008A
Perigee: 709.1 km
Apogee: 710.2 km
Inclination: 98.2 °
Period: 98.8 minutes
Semi major axis: 7080 km
Launch date: February 11, 2013
Source: United States (US)
Comments: The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), a collaboration between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey, will provide moderate-resolution (15 m–100 m, depending on spectral frequency) measurements of the Earth's terrestrial and polar regions in the visible, near-infrared, short wave infrared, and thermal infrared. LDCM will provide continuity with the 40-year long Landsat land imaging data set. In addition to widespread routine use for land use planning and monitoring on regional to local scales, support of disaster response and evaluations, and water use monitoring, LDCM measurements directly serve NASA research in the focus areas of climate, carbon cycle, ecosystems, water cycle, biogeochemistry, and Earth surface/interior.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 39084U 13008A 14205.27413156 .00000137 00000-0 40397-4 0 5441
2 39084 098.2180 274.9753 0000815 082.6064 277.5227 14.57112229 76853
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for LANDSAT 8
