A joint venture took over the Landsat program.
The Commerce Department transferred its earth-imaging Landsat Satellite system to Earth Observation Satellite Co., a company jointly operated by Hughes Aircraft and RCA. The company will takeover the system’s ground control functions and will be given a $250-million government subsidy to help build two next-generation imaging satellites.
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