Earth-Observing Satellite to Launch from Calif.

Carrying on a four-decade tradition, a new Earth-observing satellite is set to provide another watchful eye over our planet’s glaciers, forests, water resources and urban sprawl. If all goes as planned, the Landsat satellite will be launched into orbit Monday aboard a 200-foot-tall Atlas V rocket from the Vandenberg Air Force Base along California’s central coast. It would be the eighth such satellite in a series designed to continuously track natural changes and society’s influence on Earth’s resources. More

(Source: TIME - Feb 9)