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Landsat 5
The Details Launch Date: March 1, 1984 Status: Decommissioned January 2013 Sensors: TM, MSS Altitude: 705 km Inclination: 98.2° Orbit: polar, sun-synchronous Equatorial Crossing Time: nominally 9:45 AM (± 15 min.) local time (descending node) Period of
Landsat 4
The Details Launch Date: July 16 , 1982 Status: decommissioned, June 15, 2001 Sensors: TM, MSS Altitude: 705 km Inclination: 98.2° Orbit: polar, sun-synchronous Equatorial Crossing Time: nominally 9:45 AM (± 15 min.) local time (descending node) Period
Landsat 3
The Details Launch Date: March 5, 1978 Status: put into standby mode: March 31, 1983; decommissioned: Sept. 7, 1983 Sensors: RBV, MSS Altitude: nominally 900 km Inclination: 99.2° Orbit: polar, sun-synchronous Equatorial Crossing Time: nominally 9:42 AM mean
Landsat 2
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
Landsat 1
The Details Launch Date: July 23, 1972 Status: expired, January 6, 1978 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
Landsat 8
Landsat 1 • Landsat 2 • Landsat 3 • Landsat 4 • Landsat 5 • Landsat 6 • Landsat 7 • Landsat 8 Landsat 8 launched on February 11, 2013, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, on an Atlas-V 401 rocket, with the
Landsat 7
Landsat 1 • Landsat 2 • Landsat 3 • Landsat 4 • Landsat 5 • Landsat 6 • Landsat 7 • Landsat 8 The government-owned Landsat 7 was successfully launched on April 15, 1999, from the Western Test Range of Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, on
Landsat 6
Landsat 1 • Landsat 2 • Landsat 3 • Landsat 4 • Landsat 5 • Landsat 6 • Landsat 7 • Landsat 8 On October 5, 1993 the EOSAT-owned Landsat 6 failed at launch after not reaching the velocity necessary to obtain orbit. The satellite did
News Archives
LDCM in Environmental Testing
• The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) is currently undergoing Environmental Testing. For the next two weeks, the LDCM observatory will be in ElectroMagnetic Interference /ElectroMagnetic Compatibility testing. EMI/EMC testing
Landsat Shows Yellowstone Burn Recovery
A combination of lightning, drought and human activity caused fires to scorch more than one-third of Yellowstone National Park in the summer of 1988. Within a year, burn scars cast
New Landsat Filenames and Metadata Updates to be Released
Source: USGS Landsat Mission On August 21, 2012, all newly processed Landsat data will have updated filenames and metadata to better align all 40 years of Landsat data and to
Changing Precipitation Patterns Impacting Tibetan Plateau Glaciers
In the July issue of Nature Climate Change, Tandong Yao and colleagues report on the changing status of Tibetan Plateau glaciers over the past three decades. Using an array of data
New NASA Supercomputer Facility Set to Advance Earth Research
Source: Steve Cole, NASA HQ & Ruth Dasso Marlaire, NASA Ames • NASA soon will open a new chapter of discovery using enhanced Landsat Earth-observing data in a state-of-the-art, high-performance computing
New Way to Explore Landsat Data
Source: Byron Spice, Carnegie Mellon News • Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute, working with colleagues at Google and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), have adapted their technology for interactively
Congressional Briefing on Landsat
Source: AGU On July 23, 2012, AGU co-hosted a briefing for the 40th anniversary of the Landsat program along with Congressional hosts Representative Bruce Braley and Representative Tom Latham .
Sen. Mark Udall Recognizes Landsat's 40th Anniversary
Source: Congressional Record • Senator Mark Udall of Colorado recognized Landsat on its 40th anniversary on Monday, July 23, 2012. Here are his remarks as recorded on the congressional record: Madam
Introducing the LandsatLook Viewer
Source: USGS Landsat Mission • In honor of the 40th Anniversary of the Landsat 1 launch, and in preparation for Landsat 8 in February 2013, the USGS has rolled out a
News Archives
LDCM in Environmental Testing
• The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) is currently undergoing Environmental Testing. For the next two weeks, the LDCM observatory will be in ElectroMagnetic Interference /ElectroMagnetic Compatibility testing. EMI/EMC testing
Landsat Shows Yellowstone Burn Recovery
A combination of lightning, drought and human activity caused fires to scorch more than one-third of Yellowstone National Park in the summer of 1988. Within a year, burn scars cast
New Landsat Filenames and Metadata Updates to be Released
Source: USGS Landsat Mission On August 21, 2012, all newly processed Landsat data will have updated filenames and metadata to better align all 40 years of Landsat data and to
Changing Precipitation Patterns Impacting Tibetan Plateau Glaciers
In the July issue of Nature Climate Change, Tandong Yao and colleagues report on the changing status of Tibetan Plateau glaciers over the past three decades. Using an array of data
New NASA Supercomputer Facility Set to Advance Earth Research
Source: Steve Cole, NASA HQ & Ruth Dasso Marlaire, NASA Ames • NASA soon will open a new chapter of discovery using enhanced Landsat Earth-observing data in a state-of-the-art, high-performance computing
New Way to Explore Landsat Data
Source: Byron Spice, Carnegie Mellon News • Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute, working with colleagues at Google and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), have adapted their technology for interactively
Congressional Briefing on Landsat
Source: AGU On July 23, 2012, AGU co-hosted a briefing for the 40th anniversary of the Landsat program along with Congressional hosts Representative Bruce Braley and Representative Tom Latham .
Sen. Mark Udall Recognizes Landsat's 40th Anniversary
Source: Congressional Record • Senator Mark Udall of Colorado recognized Landsat on its 40th anniversary on Monday, July 23, 2012. Here are his remarks as recorded on the congressional record: Madam
Introducing the LandsatLook Viewer
Source: USGS Landsat Mission • In honor of the 40th Anniversary of the Landsat 1 launch, and in preparation for Landsat 8 in February 2013, the USGS has rolled out a
