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Glossary of Terms

Reference the Earth Observation Data Basics Glossary to better understand terms related to the data provided by our program.

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Launch Readiness Review (LRR)

LRRs evaluate a program/project and its ground, hardware, and software systems for readiness for launch.

See: Data System Interfaces

Launch Vehicle (LV)

LVs are rockets that send people and other payloads into space.

See: Data System Interfaces

Long Term Preservation

The act of maintaining information in a correct and independently understandable form over the long term, i.e. a period of time long enough to be concerned with the impact which changing technologies, including support for media and data formats, and changing user communities will have on the information being held in a repository. 

See: Preservation.

Definition from EO Data Stewardship Glossary