Science Landsat 8 Launch SDPB Radio | By Steve Zwemke Published January 4, 2013 at 1:59 PM CST Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Cara Hetland New EROS Director Frank Kelly discussed the scheduled launch of Landsat 8 on February 11. The Landsat spacecraft series in the longest continuous Earth imaging program in history (Landsat 1 was launched in 1972).