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Landsat 8 Graphics Library

A collection of animations and images of Landsat 8 for use in presentations, videos, and stories.

The Operational Land Imager (OLI), built by the Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation, will fly on the Landsat Data Continuity...
The Operational Land Imager (OLI), built by the Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation, will fly on the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM). OLI will measure in the visible, near infrared, and shortwave infrared portions of the spectrum, with an improved signal-to-noise ratio compared to past Landsat instruments. The opening facing the left of the photo will point at the Earth, and the opening on the right is for pointing towards the sun, to calibrate the instrument.
The Landsat Data Continuity Mission launched on February 11, 2013, from Vandenberg Air Force Base aboard an Atlas V-401 rocket....
The Landsat Data Continuity Mission launched on February 11, 2013, from Vandenberg Air Force Base aboard an Atlas V-401 rocket....
Artist's rendering of the Landsat 8 satellite in orbit around Earth, beginning with a close-up view before pulling back to...
On February 11, 2013, the Landsat 8 satellite rocketed into a sunny California morning onboard a powerful Atlas V and...
August 1 - 31, 2013
The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) is a collaboration between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey that will continue the...
Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2 satellites have spectral and spatial similarities that make using their data together possible. When the data...
Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2 satellites have spectral and spatial similarities that make using their data together possible. When the data...
Landsat 8 LDCM mission patch.
Landsat 8 LDCM mission patch.
Artist's rendering of the Landsat 8 satellite in orbit around Earth, with the camera slowly rotating around and zooming in...
Landsat collects images in long narrow strips called “swaths.” Each swath is 185 kilometers (115 miles) wide and is 2,752...
Artist's rendering showing a 360-degree rotating view of the Landsat 8 satellite.
Landsat 8 360-Degree Turntable Animation
Artist's rendering of Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) from above
Artist's rendering of Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) from above
Artist's rendering of the Landsat 8 satellite in orbit around Earth, with the camera slowly rotating around and zooming in...
The Operational Land Imager (OLI) is being built by the Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation. The Ball contract was awarded...
The Operational Land Imager (OLI) is being built by the Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation. The Ball contract was awarded in July 2007. OLI improves on past Landsat sensors using a technical approach demonstrated by a sensor flown on NASA’s experimental EO-1 satellite. OLI is a push-broom sensor with a four-mirror telescope and 12-bit quantization. OLI will collect data for visible, near infrared, and short wave infrared spectral bands as well as a panchromatic band. It has a five-year design life.
Engineer (in a “bunny suit”) working on the Scene Select Mechanism of the Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) that will fly...
Engineer (in a "bunny suit") working on the Scene Select Mechanism of the Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) that will fly on LDCM.
Mirrors for the LDCM Operational Land Imager (OLI) Telescope.
Mirrors for the LDCM Operational Land Imager (OLI) Telescope.
The Cryocooler is like a big refrigerator, except that it cools to cryogenic temperatures (below −150°C, −238°F or 123K). It...
The Cryocooler is like a big refrigerator, except that it cools to cryogenic temperatures (below −150°C, −238°F or 123K). It is responsible for cooling our detectors to 43K (-382F). This is very cold and the temperature at which we must maintain our detectors in order to get optimal thermal data. It was built by Ball Aerospace in Boulder, CO and will be the first of its kind to fly. It is a very complicated mechanical system that uses a compressor and displacer to provide its cooling.
The Landsat Data Continuity Mission spacecraft mock-up at Orbital Sciences Corporation’s engineering facility. The mock-up is essentially a full scale...
The Landsat Data Continuity Mission spacecraft mock-up at Orbital Sciences Corporation’s engineering facility. The mock-up is essentially a full scale model of the satellite, enabling engineers to check that all components seat and connect correctly.
Both Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) instruments have been mounted to the spacecraft at Orbital Science Corp. in Gilbert Arizona....
Both Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) instruments have been mounted to the spacecraft at Orbital Science Corp. in Gilbert Arizona. In this photograph the Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) and the Operational Land Imager (OLI) can be seen in their payload positions on the LDCM spacecraft at the Orbital facility where the spacecraft integration is ongoing. TIRS is covered with gold-hued Multi-layer Insulation, and OLI is covered with white Tedlar insulation.
TIRS being hoisted into place on the LDCM satellite in Gilbert, Ariz.
TIRS being hoisted into place on the LDCM satellite in Gilbert, Ariz.
Orbital Sciences Corporation recently completed Electromagnetic Interference/Capability (EMI/EMC) testing and structural dynamics testing of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM)...
Orbital Sciences Corporation recently completed Electromagnetic Interference/Capability (EMI/EMC) testing and structural dynamics testing of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) satellite. Pictured above, engineers at Orbital’s Satellite Manufacturing Facility in Gilbert, Ariz. place the satellite on the vibration table to perform the side-to-side X-axis vibration test to ensure the spacecraft can survive its rocket ride into space. The satellite is currently being prepared to enter thermal vacuum testing during which the satellite will be operated in a chamber that simulates the vacuum and temperature extremes of space. Thermal vacuum testing will take approximately one month to complete. The LDCM satellite is scheduled to be shipped to the launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California in December. Once launched in early 2013, it will be known as Landsat 8 and will continue the rich legacy of previous Landsat satellites that have collected images of the Earth’s global land surface to benefit society in numerous ways including: agriculture and forest monitoring, water resource management, and land use change assessment.
First instrument is integrated onto the LDCM spacecraft.
First instrument is integrated onto the LDCM spacecraft.
OLI is lowered onto the LDCM spacecraft.
OLI is lowered onto the LDCM spacecraft.
A technician surveys the TIRS instrument and the calibration equipment
A technician surveys the TIRS instrument and the calibration equipment
On Friday, Sept. 14, 2012 United Launch Alliance (ULA), the LDCM launch vehicle provider, delivered the upper stage of the...
On Friday, Sept. 14, 2012 United Launch Alliance (ULA), the LDCM launch vehicle provider, delivered the upper stage of the LDCM Atlas V 401 launch vehicle, called the Centaur, to Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Previously, on August 27, 2012 the Atlas V booster (Stage 1) was delivered to Vandenberg.
Line art illustration of the Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) instrument on Landsat 8/9.
Line art illustration of the Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) instrument on Landsat 8/9.
Line art illustration of the Landsat 8/9 satellite spacecraft.
Line art illustration of the Landsat 8/9 satellite spacecraft.
A density map showing the distribution of the total 3,052,414 OLI/TIRS scenes acquired and archived during the lifetime of the...
A density map showing the distribution of the total 3,052,414 OLI/TIRS scenes acquired and archived during the lifetime of the Landsat 8 mission. The colors represent the number of products per Path/Row.
Landsat 8’s first light satellite image, acquired on March 18, 2013, shows Boulder, Colorado surrounded by tree-covered mountains and dormant...
Landsat 8’s first light satellite image, acquired on March 18, 2013, shows Boulder, Colorado surrounded by tree-covered mountains and dormant plains.
The Operational Land Imager (OLI), built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., will fly on the Landsat Data Continuity Mission...
Animation of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) spacecraft in orbit around the Earth. The satellite will travel at 7.5...
A timelapse of the Thermal Infrared Sensor(TIRS) instrument for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) being cleaned, bagged, and packed...
The Thermal InfraRed Sensor (TIRS) is part of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) to continue thermal imaging and to...
The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) is a collaboration between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey that will continue the...
The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) is a collaboration between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey that will continue the...
Highlights of animation of Landsat data collected in one continuous pass over Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, on April...
The Landsat Data Continuity Mission launched on February 11, 2013, from Vandenberg Air Force Base aboard an Atlas V-401 rocket....
Every full moon, Landsat 8 turns its back on Earth. As the satellite's orbit takes it to the nighttime side...
NASA's Landsat 8 satellite collected this view of phytoplankton blooming in the southern Gulf of Bothnia, in the Baltic Sea,...
NASA's Landsat 8 satellite collected this view of phytoplankton blooming in the southern Gulf of Bothnia, in the Baltic Sea, between Sweden and Finland on April 14, 2019.