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NPOESS preparing to take over Landsat role in 2009

The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) is preparing to take over the job of providing Landsat-type remote sensing imagery starting with the first NPOESS launch in 2009. NASA manages the Landsat spacecraft, with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) processing and...

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