NASA Daily News Summary
For Release: April 12, 1999
Media Advisory m99-071

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Summary

-- Upcoming Live Event: Landsat 7 Pre-launch Press Conference 
   April 14
-- Video File for April 12

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There are no news releases scheduled for April 12, 1999.

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Index of 1999 NASA News Releases:
     http://www.nasa.gov/releases/1999/index.html

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Upcoming Live Event: Landsat 7 Pre-launch Press Conference 
April 14

     There will be a press conference April 14 to discuss the 
launch of the Landsat 7 satellite from Vandenberg Air Force 
Base, CA. Landsat 7, scheduled to launch April 15 at 2:32 
p.m. EDT, will gather information about the Earth's land 
surfaces and surrounding coastal regions. Analysis of the 
Landsat 7 data will provide scientists with new information 
on deforestation, receding glaciers and crop monitoring. The 
data also will be available commercially for land-use 
planning and urban development issues. The press conference 
will be carried live on NASA Television from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. 
EDT. NASA Television is broadcast on the GE2 satellite 
located on transponder 9C, at 85 degrees West longitude, 
frequency 3880.0 Mhz, audio 6.8 MHz. 

Contact at Headquarters: David Steitz, 202/358-1730;
Contact at Goddard Space Flight Center: Lynn Chandler, 
301/614-5562.

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Video File for April 12, 1999

ITEM 1 LANDSAT: VIEWS OF THE AMERICAN CITY (REPLAY)
TOTAL RUN TIME: 30 minutes
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ITEM 1 LANDSAT: VIEWS OF THE AMERICAN CITY (REPLAY)

  For more than 26 years, Landsat images have been used to 
help urban planners understand where growth is taking place 
and allow geographers to evaluate how different urban 
planning programs affect population growth and land use. 
Today's new images of twenty U.S. regions have been released 
to highlight the upcoming launch of the next generation Earth 
observing satellite - Landsat 7. The Landsat Thematic Mapper 
captured these images. Images includes the following regions 
(in order of appearance): Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, 
Dallas/Ft. Worth, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami/Ft. 
Lauderdale, Minneapolis, New York City, Philadelphia, 
Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, Sacramento, St. Louis, San 
Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington DC/Baltimore.

Contact at Headquarters: David Steitz, 202/358-1730;
Contact at Goddard Space Flight Center: Wade Sisler, 301/286-
6256.

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