The Earth Observing-1 satellite celebrated its tenth year on orbit Nov. 21. The Advanced Land Imager (ALI) aboard EO-1 demonstrated the feasibility of a new push-broom sensor for future Landsat missions. The next Landsat (LDCM) will use a push-broom sensor dubbed the Operational Land Imager (OLI). OLI is a departure from the heritage scanning (or whisk-broom) sensors of the first seven Landsats. As the NASA EO-1 Program Manager Brian Crammer says, “The Landsat community is treating push-broom sensors like we’ve been building them for years. That’s a tribute to EO-1.”
Further Information:
+ Earth Observing-1: Ten Years of Innovation
+ NASA EO-1 Website
+ The Earth Observer: EO-1 Celebrates 10 Years [pdf]
Be Part of What’s Next: Emerging Applications of Landsat at AGU24
July 11, 2024
Anyone making innovative use of Landsat data to meet societal needs today and during coming decades is encouraged to submit and abstract for the upcoming “Emerging Science Applications of Landsat” session at AGU24.
