Landsat 9: status and plans

Brian L. Markham; Del Jenstrom; Jeffrey G. Masek; Phil Dabney; Jeffrey A. Pedelty; Julia A. Barsi; Matthew Montanaro

doi:10.1117/12.2238658

19 September 2016 Landsat 9: status and plans

Brian L. Markham, Del Jenstrom, Jeffrey G. Masek, Phil Dabney, Jeffrey A. Pedelty, Julia A. Barsi, Matthew Montanaro

Proceedings Volume 9972, Earth Observing Systems XXI; 99720G (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2238658
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2016, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The Landsat 9 mission, currently under development and proceeding towards a targeted launch in late 2020, will be very similar to the Landsat 8 mission, launched in 2013. Like Landsat 8, Landsat 9 is a joint effort between NASA and USGS with two sensors, the Operational Land Imager 2 (OLI-2), essentially a copy of the OLI on Landsat 8 and the Thermal Infrared Sensor 2 (TIRS-2), very similar to the TIRS on Landsat 8. The OLI-2, like OLI, provides 14-bit image data, though for Landsat 9, all 14 bits will be retained and transmitted to the ground. The focal plane modules to be used for OLI-2 were flight spares for OLI and are currently being retested by Ball Aerospace. Results indicate radiometric performance comparable to OLI. The TIRS was a class C instrument, with a 3-year design lifetime, and therefore had limited redundancy. TIRS-2 will be a class B instrument, with a 5-year design lifetime, like OLI (and OLI-2), necessitating design changes to increase redundancy. The stray light and Scene Select Mechanism (SSM) encoder problems observed on orbit with TIRS have also instigated a few design changes to TIRS-2. Stray light analysis and testing have indicated that additional baffles in the TIRS-2 optical system will suppress the out-of-field response. The SSM encoder problems have not been definitively traced to a route cause, though conductive anodic filament growth in the circuit boards is suspected. Improved designs for the encoder are being considered for TIRS-2. The spare Focal Plane Array (FPA) from TIRS is planned for use in TIRS-2; FPA spectral and radiometric performance testing is scheduled for September of this year at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

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Brian L. Markham, Del Jenstrom, Jeffrey G. Masek, Phil Dabney, Jeffrey A. Pedelty, Julia A. Barsi, and Matthew Montanaro "Landsat 9: status and plans", Proc. SPIE 9972, Earth Observing Systems XXI, 99720G (19 September 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2238658

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