Oct 3, 2007

John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john yembrick-1@nasa gov

George H Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla 321-867-2468 george h diller@nasa gov

CONTRACT RELEASE: C07-050

NASA SELECTS LAUNCH SERVICES PROVIDER FOR EARTH IMAGERY SATELLITE

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla - NASA's Launch Services Program office at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla , has selected Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services of Littleton, Colo , for launching of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission

The $124 million contract award is a competed firm-fixed-price task order It includes launch services for an Atlas V model 401 rocket, payload processing, launch vehicle integration, and the necessary tracking, data and telemetry support The spacecraft is scheduled to be placed into a 428-mile-high polar sun synchronous orbit in July 2011, lifting off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif

The Landsat Data Continuity Mission will extend the more than 30-year record of high-quality land surface measurements from previous Landsat satellites NASA researchers use these unique data products to study, understand and predict the consequences of land surface changes

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md , manages procurement and acquisitions for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission in partnership with the U S Geological Survey The U S Geological Survey will manage the satellite after launch and in-orbit checkout

For more information about the Landsat Data Continuity Mission, visit:

http://ldcm gsfc nasa gov

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