Landsat Data Continuity Mission launch. View of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas-V rocket being launched with the Landsat Data Continuity Missio

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Landsat Data Continuity Mission launch. View of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas-V rocket being launched with the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM, Landsat 8) spacecraft onboard. The LDCM mission is a collaboration between NASA and the Geological Survey that will continue the Landsat Program's 40-year data record of monitoring the Earth's landscapes from space. Photographed at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA, on 11th February 2013.

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