Goddard Projects Directory

The search for L produced 8 results out of 249 records LAGEOS I Launch Date: 05/04/1976 Solid spherical passive satellite to provide a reference point for laser ranging experiments. Other Name(s):  Laser Geodynamics Satellite 1, LAGEOS 1 |  NSSDC Link  |  Additional URL 1  |  Additional URL 2  |   LAGEOS II Launch Date: 10/22/1992 Laser Geodynamics Satellite to obtain precise measurements of the crustal movement and gravitational field. The Goddard-managed Laser Geodynamics Satellite (LAGEOS) II, scheduled to launch aboard Space Shuttle Columbia in the fall of 1992, will help scientists monitor the motion of the Earth's crust. LAGEOS II, like its predecessor LAGEOS I, launched in 1976, is a passive satellite dedicated exclusively to laser ranging. LAGEOS II, built by the Italian Space Agency, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), is a spherical satellite made of aluminum with a brass core. It is only 24 inches (60 cm) in diameter yet it weighs approximately 900 pounds (405 kg). This compact, dense design was selected to make the satellite's orbit as stable as possible. The satellites are designed to help scientists study the geodynamics of Earth. Geodynamics is the study of the motion of the earth and the forces and processes active in the interior of the Earth and how they affect the features of the Earth's crust. The LAGEOS II project is a joint program between NASA and the Italian Space Agency (ASI). The satellite, designed to be identical to LAGEOS I, was built by ASI using LAGEOS I drawings, handling fixtures, dummy spacecraft and other materials provided by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, Md. GSFC technicians also made optical measurements on the satellite necessary for precision tracking. The two booster rockets are provided by ASI, and the launch, aboard Space Shuttle Columbia on the STS-52 mission, is provided by NASA. Other Name(s):  Laser Geodynamics Satellite 2, LAGEOS 2 |  NSSDC Link  |  Additional URL 1  |  Additional URL 2  |   Landsat 2 Launch Date: 01/22/1975 Second Earth Resources Technology Satellite to locate, map, and measure Earthresources parameters from space. Other Name(s):  Earth Resources Technology Satellite 2, ERTS-B |  Project Information  |  NSSDC Link  |  Additional URL 1  |   Landsat 5 Launch Date: 03/01/1984 Monitored global climate changes to create a historical record for future reference Other Name(s):  Landsat-D1 |  Project Information  |  NSSDC Link  |  Additional URL 1  |  Image Gallery  |   Landsat 7 Launch Date: 04/15/1999 Landsat 7 is a U.S. satellite used to acquire remotely sensed images of the Earth's land surface and surrounding coastal regions. It is maintained by the Landsat 7 Project Science Office at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. Landsat 7 continued the long-term earth observation Landsat program begun in 1972. Landsat 7 was a joint project between NASA, NOAA, and the U.S. Giological Survey to obtain continuous high-resolution imagery of the earth's surface for environmental monitoring, disaster assessment, land use and regional planning, cartography, range management, oil and mineral explosion. The primary objectives of the Landsat 7 Mission are to maintain Landsat data continuity with data and data products consistent with the Program objectives, provide a period of overlap with any available landsat Missions and the present Mission to allow intercomparison of data from successive versions of Landsat instruments, and continue to make landsat-type data available for U.S. civil, national security, private sector, a d international users, and to seek to expand the use of such data for global change research commercial purposes. Other Name(s):   |  GSFC Link  |  Project Information  |  NSSDC Link  |  Additional URL 1  |  Additional URL 2  |  Image Gallery  |  Educational Resource  |   Landsat C Launch Date: 03/05/1978 Third Earth Technology Satellite to study the Earth's natural resources; measure water, agricultural fields, and mineral deposits. Other Name(s):  Landsat 3, Earth Resources Technology Satellite 3, ERTS C |  Project Information  |  NSSDC Link  |  Additional URL 1  |   Landsat D Launch Date: 07/16/1982 Earth Resources Technology Satellite to provide a continuing Earth remote sensing data. This earth resources satellite included Goddard's Multispectral Scanner. Other Name(s):  Landsat 4, LFO-A |  GSFC Link  |  Project Information  |  NSSDC Link  |  Image Gallery  |   Lunar Prospector Launch Date: 01/07/1998 Prospector is a NASA Discovery Mission. This new kind of mission places an emphasis on science and Other Name(s):  Lunar Prospector Orbiter |  GSFC Link  |  NSSDC Link  |  Additional URL 1  |  Additional URL 2  |  Image Gallery  |  Educational Resource  |