MSS orders held until April 1st
March 24, 2011
Source: USGS Landsat Mission Starting on Friday, March 25th, MSS orders will be held so that radiometric enhancements can be implemented. MSS processing will recommence on
Source: USGS Landsat Mission Starting on Friday, March 25th, MSS orders will be held so that radiometric enhancements can be implemented. MSS processing will recommence on
Source: South Dakota State University via Newswise Far-sighted data policy and cloud computing are leading to the “democratization of satellite mapping,” one expert says—and the
Scientists have created a mosaic of digital images collected from space showing the frozen continent of Antarctica—one of the most remote and least known places
As the world moves toward adding a few more billion people in the coming decades, many people who keep an eye on the horizon find
The city explodes across the desert! thumbnail: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010700/a010721/City_Center_CU_lrg_gal.png
Source: Kendra Barkoff (Dept. of the Interior;, Roz Brown (Ball Aerospace) Today, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced plans to make the Department of the
The biennial George Wright Society Conference (GWS2011) was held in New Orleans from March 14–18. Over 1100 people attended the meeting that focused on “Rethinking
Source: USGS Landsat Mission As of March 16, 2011, Landsat 5 is acquiring data normally. Further Information: + USGS Landsat Mission Website
A recent Space News article elaborates on NASA’s motivation to launch the next Landsat satellite—the Landsat Data Continuity Mission—by December 2012. LDCM will be launched on an
Source: USGS Landsat Mission On March 14, 2011, Landsat 5 experienced a minor anomaly. The spacecraft is currently operating normally, but it will take a few
Source: USGS Landsat Mission In the upcoming weeks, the Landsat Project will incorporate new radiometric enhancements for all Multi-Spectral Scanner (MSS) and Landsat 4 Thematic Mapper
LandsatLook images are full-resolution JPEG files that are now included as options when downloading Landsat data from EarthExplorer or Glovis. Three products are available, and are useful for
A semi-annual meeting of the Landsat Science Team was held in Phoenix, Arizona from March 1–3. The meeting focused on the LDCM mission status and
On this day in 1984, Landsat 5 was launched into orbit. To this day Landsat 5 is still collecting data; the 27 year life span
