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LSTM Temperature-Check Mission Contract Goes to Airbus

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Tom Patton
Nov 23, 2020
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The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded a contract for the LSTM Temperature-Check mission to Airbus Defense and Space. The new Land Surface Temperature Monitoring (LSTM) mission is part of Copernicus, the European Union's Earth observation program for global monitoring.

The contract is valued at $450 million which includes the development of one LSTM…

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