3.8K views · 75 reactions | Have you ever wondered how #Landsat satellites capture stunning images of Earth? Or how scientists use these data to study our planet’s changing surface? Explore the science behind satellite imagery: https://go.nasa.gov/3T4NrVw | Landsat | Facebook

The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), also to be named Landsat 8 after its scheduled launch in June 2013, will be the eighth in the series of Landsat satellites. Since 1972, Landsat satellites have been observing and measuring Earth's continental and coastal landscapes at 15 to 30 meter resolution, where human impacts and natural changes can be monitored and characterized over time. This animation portrays how the LDCM satellite will orbit the Earth 13 times per day at an altitude of 705 k