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Landsat programme continues with successful LDCM launch

Submit on Monday, February 11th, 2013 22:59

Rocket: Atlas V; Payload: Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) / Landsat 8; Date: 11 February 2013, 1802 UTC; Launch site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA. The LDCM spacecraft separated from the rocket 79 minutes after launch and the first signal was received 3 minutes later at a ground station in Svalbard, Norway.

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