Thermal Infrared Sensor (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Thermal Infrared Sensor

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Aleksandra Bogunovic reaches across the instrument to affix the corners of a Multi-Layer Insulation blanket to the TIRS instrument. The Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) will fly on the next Landsat satellite, the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM). TIRS was built on an accelerated schedule at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., and will now be integrated into the LDCM spacecraft at Orbital Science Corp. in Gilbert, Ariz.

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NASA Goddard/Rebecca Roth

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