Eyes on Earth Episode 61 – Landsat 9 Launch Part 2

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Summary: Hundreds of scientists, officials, international representatives, and others witnessed the launch of Landsat 9 on September 27, 2021, from a handful of viewing sites around Santa Barbara County, California. Their interests were as varied as their backgrounds, but the new satellite’s extension of the Landsat program’s invaluable 50-year record of Earth observations was top of mind for the international partners who help the USGS collect Landsat data and the scientists who rely on those data to monitor the health of the planet. In this episode of Eyes on Earth, we talk with guests from around the world about their role in the Landsat program, and the importance of the program to their work.

Guests: Andres Espejo, Senior Forest Carbon Specialist, World Bank; Naikoa Aguilar-Amuchasegui, Senior Director of Forest Carbon Science and MRV Lead, World Wildlife Fund; Ann Bray, Minister-Counsellor for Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, Australian Embassy; Marc Jocemich, Head of Washington, D.C. office, German Aerospace Center

Host: John Hult

Producer: John Hult

Release date: November 15, 2021

More on Landsat 9:

• Landsat 9 Galleries: Launch Week
• Eyes on Earth Episode 60 – Landsat 9 Launch Part 1
• USGS, EROS Process ‘First Light’ Images from Landsat 9
• Landsat 9 Power-Positive and Proceeding Smoothly Through On-Orbit Checkout