Strengthened space cooperation between the U.S. and Philippines will include bilateral cooperation on the Landsat Program according to a fact sheet released by the White House on May 1, 2023:
“The countries will collaborate on the use of space-based technology in the areas of disaster management and emergency response, healthcare, mapping of resources and accessibility, pollution monitoring, deforestation, land use and infrastructure planning, and maritime awareness. The leaders welcome the strengthening of bilateral cooperation on the Landsat Program, including the possibility for the Philippines to download imagery directly from Landsat satellites to its ground stations.”
Landsat Goes to Hawaiʻi to Help Inspire Climate Change Connections
During two recent Earth to Sky Climate Science Education workshops, participants learned how Landsat imagery helps us assess changes in land cover and land use.