Landsat’s Next Chapter: NASA Pushes Commercial Follow-On

Taiwan Strait imaged by a Landsat 9 satellite

A Landsat 9 satellite imaged the Taiwan Strait on April 19.

Credit: USGS
For the second year in a row, NASA is proposing to commercialize the world’s longest-running satellite imagery program. Managed jointly by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the Landsat program has operated continuously since 1972, providing a carefully calibrated, science-quality archive...
Vivienne Machi

Vivienne Machi is the military space editor for Aviation Week based in Los Angeles.

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