# Landsat 8

A 3D model from NASA/Christopher R. Meaney, [NASA](https://science.nasa.gov/3d-resources/landsat-8/).

- Licence: [Not subject to copyright in the United States (NASA)](https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/)
- Credit: NASA/Christopher R. Meaney
- Model (GLB): [https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/cds/3d/resources/model/landsat-8/Landsat%208.glb](https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/cds/3d/resources/model/landsat-8/Landsat%208.glb)
- Not offered in your room: its source does not state the model's scale, so it could not be shown at its true size.

Landsat 8, known before launch as LDCM, consist of two major segments: the observatory and the ground system. The observatory consists of the spacecraft bus and its payload of two Earth observing sensors, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) and the Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS). OLI and TIRS collect Landsat 8 science data. The two sensors \[…\]