U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Agency Report, WGISS #24 October 19, 2007 Lyndon R. Oleson U.S. Geological Survey Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Sioux Falls, SD

2 Landsat 5 Status On October 6, 2007, Landsat 5 experienced an issue with its onboard batteries Leading to concerns about power balance Imaging is suspended while the flight operations team analyzes the problem The Landsat team expects the investigation will last from 2 to 3 weeks

3 Landsat Data Continuity Mission Next Landsat satellite (non-operational) NASA & USGS effort: currently in development Instrument proposals in review Is not limited by prior Landsat missions, but must be compatible WRS-2 (maintains L7 path/row) 400 scenes daily Option: 120-m thermal sensor More information:

4 Landsat Data Continuity Mission Jul 16, OLI Instrument Development Contract Awarded Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. of Boulder, Colo. was selected to develop the Operational Land Imager instrument for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM). The LDCM is the successor to Landsat 7 and is scheduled for launch in July NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. is manager of the LDCM development in partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The USGS is responsible for LDCM operations after launch and on-orbit checkout. Sep 26-27, 2007 – LDCM Ground System Requirements Review held at USGS/EROS

5 Looking to LDCM: Standard L1T Scope requirements via Pilot Landsat infrastructure Bandwidth requirements Right recipe? Pilot Dataset US only – includes Alaska, Hawaii, & territories L7 ETM+ SLC-off only – 2003 to present (and ongoing) < 10% cloud cover, 9 quality Processed product (unlike other archive holdings) Available via FTP on 4 June 2007

6 Parameters of Standard L1T Parameters chosen by: Current ordering statistics Vetted through Landsat Scientists Pixel size:14.25m/28.5m/28.5m Media type:Download (web-enabled), CD/DVD ($50) Product type:L1T (terrain-corrected) Output format:GeoTIFF Map projection:UTM Orientation:North up Resampling:Cubic convolution

7 Future of Land Imaging in U.S. The White House has initiated a year-long study called The Future of Land Imaging To explore options for United States operational use of satellites to better serve society. The USGS, along with NASA, NOAA and other agencies, serves on the leadership team of this Federal interagency working group. In August, 2007, the Bush Administration released a plan for a U.S. National Land Imaging Program to achieve a stable and sustainable U.S. operational space- based, moderate-resolution land imaging capability designates the Department of the Interior (w/ USGS) as the host of the program For more information visit