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NASA's latest Earth-observing instrument is complete and ready for space.

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Built by Ball Aerospace,

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the Operational Land Imager 2 (OLI-2) will detect visible and infrared light

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reflected from the Earth's surface.

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Observing the same location every 16 days,

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OLI-2 will continue five decades of observations

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detecting deforestation

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monitoring crop conditions

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tracking potentially toxic algal blooms

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and watching the human imprint on our planet.

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Now complete, OLI-2 is ready for its next step: 

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assembly on to the Landsat 9 spacecraft.

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