Landsat 2

January 21, 2013

Landsat 2

January 21, 2013

The Details

Launch Date: January 22, 1975
Status: removed from operational status: February 5, 1982; decommissioned: July 27, 1983
Sensors: RBV, MSS
Altitude: nominally 900 km
Inclination: 99.2°
Orbit: polar, sun-synchronous
Equatorial Crossing Time: nominally 9:42 AM mean local time (descending node)
Period of Revolution : 103 minutes; ~14 orbits/day
Repeat Coverage : 18 days

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