Title :
EO-1 Mission: Transition from technology demonstration to science path finder
Author :
Ungar, S. ; Mandl, D. ; Frye, S. ; Ong, L. ; Young, J.
Author_Institution :
NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt
Abstract :
The National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA), in coordination with the United States Geological Survey (USGS), has extended the highly successful Earth Observing 1 (EO-1) mission through fiscal year 2007 (September 30, 2007). This decision is based in part on lower cost, highly autonomous satellite operations developed by NASA, continued scientific interest in EO-1 image data, and the need for back-up imaging capability in the event Landsat 5 or Landsat 7 fails before the launch of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), currently anticipated for 2012. At present, there are no known obstacles to EO-1 supplying useful data through that time frame. Funding for an additional two years of operation of E-1 is being considered being under NASA´s senior review process.
Keywords :
artificial satellites; geophysical techniques; remote sensing; AD 2007; Earth Observing 1; NASA; National Aeronautics And Space Administration; USGS; United States Geological Survey; autonomous satellite operations; image data; Ecosystems; Hyperspectral imaging; Hyperspectral sensors; Instruments; NASA; Optical sensors; Prototypes; Remote sensing; Satellites; Space technology; EO-1; Hyperspectral; LDCM; Landsat; sensor-web;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2007. IGARSS 2007. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1211-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1212-9
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4423100
