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handle is hein.crs/govenmv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional S.Research Service Landsat Next on the Horizon November 21, 2023 In December 2022, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) presented initial details about Landsat Next, the next proposed launch in the Landsat series of Earth-observing satellites that began on July 23, 1972. Landsat Next is to be a constellation of three observatories, sent into orbit on the same launch vehicle in late 2030 (see Figure 1), which are to collectively provide, on average, about 10 times more data than its predecessor mission, Landsat 9. Figure I. Schematic of Landsat Next Constellation Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Landsat Next, at https://www.usgs.gov/landsat-missions/landsat-next. Landsat sensors detect and record visible near-infrared, shortwave-infrared, and thermal-infrared energy digitally and transmit images to ground stations, where they are processed and stored in a data archive. Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN12281 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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