What Happened
Continuing Decades-Long Partnership for Earth Observation
NASA Goddard has released a draft Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Landsat 10 Spacecraft, marking a major milestone in the continuation of the decades-long partnership between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to acquire, archive, and distribute multispectral imagery of Earth’s global landmasses and coastal regions. The Landsat 10 mission is expected to launch in 2031 and will provide improvements in both spectral and spatial capabilities compared to its predecessor missions. The final RFP is expected to be released at the end of June 2026, according to NASA Science.