page_title: 4th Space Launch Squadron
hierarchical_section_title: 4th Space Launch Squadron
caption_attribution_description: English: VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. -- The Landsat Data Continuity Mission spacecraft lifts off at 1:02 p.m. EST, 10:02 a.m. PST) atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 3 at California's Vandenberg Air Force Base. The Landsat Data Continuity Mission LDCM is the future of Landsat satellites. It will continue to obtain valuable data and imagery to be used in agriculture, education, business, science, and government. The Landsat Program provides repetitive acquisition of high resolution multispectral data of the Earth's surface on a global basis. The data from the Landsat spacecraft constitute the longest record of the Earth's continental surfaces as seen from space. It is a record unmatched in quality, detail, coverage, and value. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/landsat/main/index.html Deutsch: Die Atlas V (401) (Seriennummer AV-035) mit dem LDCM Satelliten zündet um 18:02 am 11. Februar 2013 auf der Startrampe SLC-3E in Vandenberg. Der obere Teil der ersten Stufe ist durch den flüssigen Sauerstoff im innern vereist.
context_page_description: The United States Air Force's 4th Space Launch Squadron is a space launch unit located at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. It was active at Vandenberg from 1994 to 1998 and again from 2003. It launches various satellites into orbit from the complex of launch pads at Vandenberg.
context_section_description: The United States Air Force's 4th Space Launch Squadron is a space launch unit located at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.  It was active at Vandenberg from 1994 to 1998 and again from 2003.  It launches various satellites into orbit from the complex of launch pads at Vandenberg.
caption: The Landsat Data Continuity Mission spacecraft launches aboard an Atlas V Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle
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