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Saturday, September 28, 2013
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Landsat 8
2013-008A
Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) is procured by NASA GSFC with mission operations by the US Geological Survey. Launch by Atlas V 401 in 2012 Dec from Vandenberg to 1000LT SSO.
Built by OSC/Gilbert (formerly GD Advanced Info Systems, Gilbert). Leostar-3 (fka SA-200HP).
3085 kg full with 395 kg of mono hydrazine; PK says 2782 kg with 395 kg of prop.
(EO portal says 2623 full 1512 dry but 386 kg hydrazine).
Solar array 9.8m long. Base SC is 2.5 x 2.1 m dia, 2.9m tall excluding OLI and TIRS SC overall is 3 x 3 x 4.8m with a 9.8 x 2.6m panel. so circ 4m x 2m x 13m.
MOC at GSFC.
| L8 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Feb 11 | 1802:00 | Launch by Atlas V 401 | V SLC3E |
| T+4:02 BECO, azimuth 186.4 deg | |||
| T+4:08 Atlas sep | |||
| T+4:18 MES-1 | |||
| T+4:26 Fairing | |||
| 1817 | T+15:23 MECO-1 | 167 x 691 x 92.65 | |
| 1912 | T+1:10:34 MES-2 | ||
| T+1:12:20 MECO-2 | |||
| 1919 | T+1:18:21 Centaur AV-035 sep | 660 x 677 x 98.2 | |
| 1943? | DeltaV? | 634 x 733 x 98.3 | |
| 1945? | MES-3 | ||
| 1945? | MECO-3 | Earth escape | |
| 2013 May 30 | Transfer to USGS | ||
| 2013 Feb 12 | 0502 | Centaur pass EL1:4 | |
| 2013 Feb 17 | 0200? | Centaur depart E sphere 1.5Mkm? | |
Payload:
- OLI Operational Land Imager, (Ball Aerospace/)
- TIRS Thermal IR sensor (GSFC/)
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