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Atlas 5 Rocket With Landsat Payload Launches
Credit: Pat Corkery/United Launch Alliance
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket successfully launched NASA’s Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) payload on Feb. 11. 2013, from Space Launch Complex-3, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
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Atlas 5 Rocket Launches Landsat LDCM Satellite
Credit: NASA TV
An Atlas 5 rocket launches spaceward carrying NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission satellite on the Landsat 8 mission. Liftoff occurred at 1:02 p.m. EST/10:02 a.m. PST from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
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Atlas 5 Rocket With Landsat Payload Tracking Display
Credit: NASA TV
The Landsat Data Continuity Mission spacecraft launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base Feb. 11, 2013. This screen image from NASA TV shows how the spacecraft is tracked in space.
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Landsat LDCM Mission Launch
Credit: NASA TV
The Landsat Data Continuity Mission spacecraft launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base Feb. 11, 2013.
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Atlas 5 Rocket With Landsat Payload Launches
Credit: NASA TV
NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission spacecraft launched atop an Atlas 5 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Feb. 11, 2013.
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Atlas 5 Rocket With Landsat Payload Launches
Credit: NASA TV
NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission spacecraft launched atop an Atlas 5 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Feb. 11, 2013.
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Atlas 5 Rocket With Landsat Payload Launches
Credit: NASA TV
NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission spacecraft launched atop an Atlas 5 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Feb. 11, 2013.
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Atlas 5 Rocket With Landsat Payload Launches
Credit: NASA TV
NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission spacecraft launched atop an Atlas 5 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Feb. 11, 2013.
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Atlas 5 Rocket With Landsat Payload Launches
Credit: NASA TV
NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission spacecraft launches atop an Atlas 5 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Feb. 11, 2013.
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Atlas 5 Rocket With Landsat Payload Launches
Credit: NASA TV
NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission spacecraft launched atop an Atlas 5 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Feb. 11, 2013.
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Atlas 5 Rocket With Landsat Payload Ready to Launch
Credit: Pat Corkery/United Launch Alliance
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket is scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base with NASA’s Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) payload on Feb. 11, 2013.
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Atlas 5 Rocket With Landsat Payload Ready to Launch
Credit: Pat Corkery/United Launch Alliance
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket is scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base with NASA’s Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) payload on Feb. 11, 2013.
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Landsat Satellites' 40-Year Legacy Explained (Infographic)
Credit: Karl Tate, SPACE.com
See how NASA's Landsat satellite constellation has revolutionized our understanding of Earth over 40 yearsa in this SPACE.com infographic.
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Landsat Data Continuity Mission LDCM Spacecraft Hoisted Aloft
Credit: NASA/VAFB
The payload faring containing the Landsat Data Continuity Mission LDCM spacecraft is lifted to the top of Space Launch Complex-3E at Vandenberg Air Force Base where it will be hoisted atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V for launch. Image released Jan. 25, 2013.
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Landsat Data Continuity Mission LDCM Spacecraft Rolls Out
Credit: NASA/VAFB
The payload faIring containing the Landsat Data Continuity Mission spacecraft arrives at Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Launch Complex-3E where it will be hoisted atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V for launch. Image released Jan 25, 2013.
