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Landsat Surface Reflectance Data Available
Source: USGS Landsat Mission Website Jan. 3, 2013 • Landsat Surface Reflectance Climate Data Records (CDR) for Global Land Survey (GLS) collections 2000, 2005, and 2010 are now available from the Landsat
USGS: 'Mission Accomplished for Landsat 5'
The U.S. Geological Survey announced that 29-year-old Landsat 5 will be decommissioned over the coming months.
Mission Accomplished for Landsat 5
Source: Jon Campbell and Tim Newman, U.S. Geological Survey Dec. 21, 2012 • Today the U.S. Geological Survey announced that Landsat 5 will be decommissioned over the coming months, bringing to a
USGS Landsat Project Update – Volume 6 Issue 5 2012 Available
Source: USGS Landsat Project Dec. 21, 2012 • The latest Landsat Project Update is now available from USGS: Landsat Mission News Landsat 5 Decommission Plans LDCM arrives at Vandenberg AFB New Landsat
Eighth Landsat Satellite Arrives at Launch Site
An oversized semi-trailer truck carrying NASA’s Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) has arrived at its launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California in preparation for launch.
Eighth Landsat Satellite Arrives at Launch Site
Contributor: Ellen Gray NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. Dec. 20, 2012 • An oversized semi-trailer truck carrying NASA’s Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) has arrived at its launch site at
NASA Social for LDCM Launch
Dec. 20, 2012 • NASA will host a two-day event for 80 of its social media followers on Sunday, Feb. 10 and Monday, Feb. 11 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in
New LDCM Launch Brochure
Dec. 19, 2012 • A new Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) launch brochure is now available. The brochure discusses: Landsat science, the future of Landsat satellites, evolutionary advances of LDCM technology
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“My American Landscape” Contest: A Space Chronicle of Change
Source: NASA • To celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the United States’ Landsat Earth-observing program—which first rocketed into space on July 23, 1972— NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey are giving
Landsat 7 ETM+ Sensor Remarkably Stable
• A recent journal publication shows that over the last 12 years the Landsat 7 ETM+ sensor performance “has been remarkably stable.” The paper, written by calibration scientists from NASA,
USGS Landsat Update – Volume 6 Issue 2, 2012 now available
• The USGS Landsat Update is now available. Articles include: Landsat 7 Maneuvers to Avoid Space Debris Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper Ceases Routine Acquisitions Landsat Global Archive Consolidation (LGAC) Landsat Project Statistics
Landsat 7 Maneuver to Return to WRS
Source: USGS Landsat Project • Landsat 7 maneuvered away from a piece of space debris in mid-April, which meant that some data are outside of the Worldwide Reference System. On Tuesday,
Landsat's International Partnerships
Source: Ray A. Byrnes, USGS • Since the launch of the first Landsat satellite 40 years ago, International Cooperators (ICs) have formed a key strategic alliance with the U.S. Geological Survey
Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper Ceases Routine Acquisitions – Update
Source: USGS Landsat Project • After a silent winter, the USGS turned on the Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper (TM) in late April to determine the state of the electronics problem that
Landsat Global Archive Consolidation
Source: USGS Landsat Project • Landsat satellites have acquired data from across the globe for more than four decades. The National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data Archive at the U.S. Geological
Report Warns of Rapid Decline in U.S. Earth Observation Capabilities
Source: Lorin Hancock, National Academy of Sciences • A new National Research Council report says that budget shortfalls, cost-estimate growth, launch failures, and changes in mission design and scope have left
Landsat: A Global Land Imaging Program
Source: Raymond A. Byrnes, USGS • Landsat satellites have continuously acquired space-based images of the Earth’s land surface, coastal shallows, and coral reefs across four decades. The Landsat Program, a joint
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“My American Landscape” Contest: A Space Chronicle of Change
Source: NASA • To celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the United States’ Landsat Earth-observing program—which first rocketed into space on July 23, 1972— NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey are giving
Landsat 7 ETM+ Sensor Remarkably Stable
• A recent journal publication shows that over the last 12 years the Landsat 7 ETM+ sensor performance “has been remarkably stable.” The paper, written by calibration scientists from NASA,
USGS Landsat Update – Volume 6 Issue 2, 2012 now available
• The USGS Landsat Update is now available. Articles include: Landsat 7 Maneuvers to Avoid Space Debris Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper Ceases Routine Acquisitions Landsat Global Archive Consolidation (LGAC) Landsat Project Statistics
Landsat 7 Maneuver to Return to WRS
Source: USGS Landsat Project • Landsat 7 maneuvered away from a piece of space debris in mid-April, which meant that some data are outside of the Worldwide Reference System. On Tuesday,
Landsat's International Partnerships
Source: Ray A. Byrnes, USGS • Since the launch of the first Landsat satellite 40 years ago, International Cooperators (ICs) have formed a key strategic alliance with the U.S. Geological Survey
Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper Ceases Routine Acquisitions – Update
Source: USGS Landsat Project • After a silent winter, the USGS turned on the Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper (TM) in late April to determine the state of the electronics problem that
Landsat Global Archive Consolidation
Source: USGS Landsat Project • Landsat satellites have acquired data from across the globe for more than four decades. The National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data Archive at the U.S. Geological
Report Warns of Rapid Decline in U.S. Earth Observation Capabilities
Source: Lorin Hancock, National Academy of Sciences • A new National Research Council report says that budget shortfalls, cost-estimate growth, launch failures, and changes in mission design and scope have left
Landsat: A Global Land Imaging Program
Source: Raymond A. Byrnes, USGS • Landsat satellites have continuously acquired space-based images of the Earth’s land surface, coastal shallows, and coral reefs across four decades. The Landsat Program, a joint
