Design concept of LDCM's Operational Land Imager instrument. Image credit: Ball Aerospace & Technology Corp
On December 23, 2005, Dr. John Marburger III, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) signed a memorandum that directs NASA to acquire a single "free-flyer" spacecraft for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM).
This memorandum supercedes the August 2004 memorandum that directed federal agencies to put a Landsat-type sensor on-board the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS).
On July 16, 2007, Ball Aerospace was selected as the builder for the LDCM instrument, the Operational Land Imager (OLI).
For the latest information about the LDCM mission, please visit the LDCM website.
+ Oct. 25, 2007 :: LDCM: Extending the Longest Legacy of Global Land Observation
+ Oct. 3, 2007 :: NASA Selects Launch Services Provider for LDCM
+ Jul. 16, 2007 :: NASA awards contract for LDCM instrument
+ Jun. 14, 2007 :: Landsat Science Team meeting held
+ May 14, 2007 :: NASA awards LDCM Accommodation Study
+ Apr. 6, 2007 :: LDCM Mission Operations Element (MOE) acquisition schedule update released
+ Apr. 2, 2007 :: Roles of NASA and USGS for the LDCM mission defined
+ Mar. 2, 2007 :: Overview of first USGS LDCM Science Team meeting
+ Feb. 22, 2007 :: LDCM USGS Acquisition Strategy for Ground System Segments released
+ Jan. 9, 2007 :: LDCM instrument RFP released
+ Dec. 11, 2006 :: LDCM industry day held
+ Dec. 7, 2006 :: Draft RFP for OLI released
+ Oct. 24, 2006 :: LDCM synopsis released
+ Oct. 13, 2006 :: LDCM science team selected
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