LANDSAT 8

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LANDSAT 8 is classified as:

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NORAD ID: 39084

Int'l Code: 2013-008A

Perigee: 708.8 km

Apogee: 710.5 km

Inclination: 98.2 °

Period: 98.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 7080 km

RCS: 7.8572 m² (large)

Launch date: February 11, 2013
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE WESTERN TEST RANGE (AFWTR)

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.

1 39084U 13008A   18317.76773714 -.00000003  00000-0  92980-5 0  9995
2 39084  98.2141  25.8804 0001168  84.7427 275.3882 14.57110295305992

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC