Raytheon Completes Landsat Next Design Review for 2x Resolution Multispectral Imager
RTX•Raytheon, an RTX business, has completed the preliminary design review for NASA’s Landsat Next Instrument Suite, including the multispectral imager. The imager will double spatial resolution and spectral bands, enabling higher-quality Earth data for water quality, agriculture, forestry, climate and snow research, with first delivery in 2028.
1. Preliminary Design Review Completed
Raytheon has successfully completed the preliminary design review for NASA’s Landsat Next Instrument Suite, validating the technical approach and engineering design of its instruments and algorithms.
2. Enhanced Imager Capabilities
The superspectral multispectral imager will double current spatial resolution and capture twice as many spectral bands, offering higher-fidelity Earth observation data.
3. Applications and Impact
Upgraded instruments will support water quality assessment, crop production optimization, soil conservation, forest management and research on climate and snow dynamics.
4. Program Timeline and Delivery
The first Landsat Next sensor is expected in 2028, building on Raytheon’s support of Landsat missions 2 through 7 since the 1970s.
