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Day: February 23, 2012

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Landsat 5 Testing

The Landsat 5 Mission Operations Center will be conducting tests to document the performance of the TM transmitter (the primary X-band TWTA that was recently switched back

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TIRS Gets Packed to Ship

Timelapse of 92 hours as the team cleans, bags, and packs TIRS to join the rest of the spacecraft. thumbnail: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010900/a010914/TIRS_Packing_Timelapse_gal.png

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OLI Gets Pre-Ship Review

The Operational Land Imager gets checked over before being shipped to Orbital Sciences Corp. in AZ. thumbnail: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010700/a010761/G2011-090_OLI_Pre-Ship_Release_gal.png

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TIRS Passes 1st Thermal Testing

Video showing the engineers bringing TIRS out of its first round of thermal-vacuum testing. thumbnail: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010800/a010859/G2011-116_TIRS_TVAC1-H.264_gal.png

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Landsat 5 Turns 25 Years Old

In 2009, Landsat 5 completed 25 years of collecting data – 22 years beyond its design life. thumbnail: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010400/a010401/Landsat5_turns_25_ipodLG_gal.png

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Landsat Program Timeline

A program spanning 40 years and 8 satellites, compressed to one graphic. Plus, links to get more information about all Landsat satellites. thumbnail: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/gallery/Landsat/program_timeline_gal.png

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Smith Island, MD, 1983-2011

Changes to Smith Island, MD and Tangier Island, VA, (Chesapeake Bay). thumbnail: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010700/a010753/Smith_Island_MD_ipod_sm_gal.png

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TIRS Overview

An introduction to the Thermal InfraRed Sensor on LDCM thumbnail: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010900/a010914/G2012-011_TIRS_Overview_final_mix_gal.png

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Landsat Program Timeline

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