Operational Land Imager (OLI)
Main objectives	• Collect and archive moderate-resolution, reflective multispectral and thermal image data globally (over land). • Ensure that data are consistent with data from the earlier Landsat missions, to permit studies of land cover and land use change over multi-decadal periods. • Distribute standard data products to users at no cost.
Landsat 8 (source)		The West Africa coast, OLI image (source)
Platform
Satellite name	Landsat 8 (pre-launch name LDCM)
Manufacturer	NASA/Orbital Sciences Corporation
Operator	USGS
Sensors	OLI, TIRS
Launch date	11 February 2013
Launch vehicle	Atlas V rocket
Satellite mass	1.5 tons
Design lifetime	5 years
Maximal lifetime	10 years (fuel load)
Orbit
Altitude	705 km
Inclination	98.2 degree
Orbital period	99 minutes
Characteristics	Sun-synchronous, near-circular
Overpass time	10:00 AM
Repeat coverage	16 days (233 orbits)
Coverage	Global
Sensor
Type	Passive optical imaging sensor
Manufacturer	Ball Aerospace
Sensor type	Pushbroom scanner
Swath width (FOV)	185 km (15 degree)
Pixel size (GIFOV)	30 m (multispectral); 15 m (panchromatic)
Radiometric resolution	12 bit
Spectral bands	Band Nr Band Name Spectral range (nm) Use of data Pixel size 1 Deep Blue 433-453 Aerosol/coastal zone 30 m 2 Blue 450-515 Vegetation/coastal 3 Green 525-600 Vegetation/coastal 4 Red 630-680 Vegetation/coastal 5 NIR 845-885 Vegetation/coastal 6 SWIR 1560-1660 Vegetation 7 SWIR 2100-2300 Minerals/bare ground 8 PAN 500-680 Image sharpening 15 m 9 SWIR 1360-1390 Cirrus cloud detection 30 m
Data
Data provider	USGS
Data distribution	Free-of-charge, unlimited re-distribution
Data access	http://glovis.usgs.gov
Data archive	2013-current (compatible with TM/ETM+ archive since 1982); Global extent
Processing levels	L1T (terrain correction), L1G (systematic correction)
Data format	GeoTIFF 16 bit
Image catalog	WRS2 scene system, http://landsat.usgs.gov/worldwide_reference_system_WRS.php
Publications (72 total)
Irons, J.R., Dwyer, J.L., Barsi, J.A. (2012) The next Landsat satellite: The Landsat Data Continuity Mission. Remote Sensing of Environment (122): 11-21 The paper provides an overview of LDCM mission (pre-launch), including mission objectives and instrument design.
Scaramuzza, P.L., Bouchard, M,A., Dwyer, J.L. (2012) Development of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission Cloud-Cover Assessment Algorithms. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing  (50-4): 1140-1154 The paper describes the development of an automatic cloud screening algorithm for OLI.
Pahlevan, N., Schott, J.R. (2013) Leveraging EO-1 to Evaluate Capability of New Generation of Landsat Sensors for Coastal/Inland Water Studies. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (6-2): 360-374 The paper applies a physics-based approach to fully examine the potential of OLI in terms of its enhanced features in a water constituent retrieval framework.
Roy, D.P., Wulder, M.A., Loveland, T.R., et al. (2014) Landsat-8: Science and product vision for terrestrial global change research. Remote Sensing of Environment (145): 154-172 This paper introduces the current (2012–2017) Landsat Science Team's efforts to establish an initial understanding of Landsat 8 capabilities and the steps ahead in support of priorities identified by the team.
Gerace, A.D., Schott, J.R. (2012) Over-water atmospheric correction for Landsat's new OLI sensor. OCEAN SENSING AND MONITORING IV  Book Series: Proceedings of SPIE   Volume: 8372     Article Number: 837211. Th Ework presents an atmospheric correction algorithm design specifically for OLI observations over water.
References
WIKI	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landsat_8
EOportal	https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/l/landsat-8-ldcm
Spectral bands	http://landsat.usgs.gov/band_designations_landsat_satellites.php
Data format	http://landsat.usgs.gov/landsat8.php