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Landsat at the Association of American Geographers Meeting
Several NASA and USGS scientists gave Landsat presentations at the 2012 Association of American Geographers (AAG) annual meeting held in New York City February 24-28th. The Landsat program was first
Landsat 5 Turns 28
On this day in 1984, Landsat 5 was launched into orbit. So today marks 28 years in orbit for Landsat 5. At 1:30p EDT Landsat 5 entered its 148,932nd orbit
USGS Releases Fact Sheet About the National Land Cover Database
Source: C.H. Homer, J.A. Fry, and C.A. Barnes The National Land Cover Database (NLCD) serves as the definitive Landsat-based, 30-meter resolution, land cover database for the Nation. NLCD provides spatial reference
Landsat 5 Testing
The Landsat 5 Mission Operations Center will be conducting tests to document the performance of the TM transmitter (the primary X-band TWTA that was recently switched back on after being shutdown since
LDCM Spacecraft Animations
A collection of animations and still images of LDCM.
OLI Gets Pre-Ship Review
The Operational Land Imager gets checked over before being shipped to Orbital Sciences Corp. in AZ.
Mississippi River Flooding, 2011
Severe flooding along the Mississippi River in Spring 2011.
News Archives
Landsat Program Timeline
< ![CDATA[A program spanning 40 years and 8 satellites, compressed to one graphic. Plus, links to get more information about all Landsat satellites.]]>
Landsat 5 Turns 25 Years Old
< ![CDATA[In 2009, Landsat 5 completed 25 years of collecting data – 22 years beyond its design life.]]>
Landsat 7 Spacecraft Animations
< ![CDATA[Animations of Landsat 7 in orbit around the Earth.]]>
OLI Gets Pre-Ship Review
< ![CDATA[OLI, the Operational Land Imager, gets checked over before being shipped to Orbital Sciences Corp. in Arizona.]]>
TIRS Gets Packed to Ship
< ![CDATA[Timelapse of 92 hours as the team cleans, bags, and packs TIRS to join the rest of the spacecraft.]]>
TIRS Passes 1st Thermal Testing
< ![CDATA[Video showing the engineers bringing TIRS out of its first round of thermal-vacuum testing.]]>
TIRS Overview
< ![CDATA[An introduction to the Thermal InfraRed Sensor on LDCM]]>
LDCM Spacecraft Animations
< ![CDATA[A collection of animations and still images of LDCM.]]>
Landsat 5 Suspension of Operations Extended
Source: Jon Campbell, U.S. Geological Survey Landsat 5 Earth imaging operations have been suspended for an additional 90 days while the U.S. Geological Survey Flight Operations Team (FOT) continues to investigate
News Archives
Landsat Program Timeline
< ![CDATA[A program spanning 40 years and 8 satellites, compressed to one graphic. Plus, links to get more information about all Landsat satellites.]]>
Landsat 5 Turns 25 Years Old
< ![CDATA[In 2009, Landsat 5 completed 25 years of collecting data – 22 years beyond its design life.]]>
Landsat 7 Spacecraft Animations
< ![CDATA[Animations of Landsat 7 in orbit around the Earth.]]>
OLI Gets Pre-Ship Review
< ![CDATA[OLI, the Operational Land Imager, gets checked over before being shipped to Orbital Sciences Corp. in Arizona.]]>
TIRS Gets Packed to Ship
< ![CDATA[Timelapse of 92 hours as the team cleans, bags, and packs TIRS to join the rest of the spacecraft.]]>
TIRS Passes 1st Thermal Testing
< ![CDATA[Video showing the engineers bringing TIRS out of its first round of thermal-vacuum testing.]]>
TIRS Overview
< ![CDATA[An introduction to the Thermal InfraRed Sensor on LDCM]]>
LDCM Spacecraft Animations
< ![CDATA[A collection of animations and still images of LDCM.]]>
Landsat 5 Suspension of Operations Extended
Source: Jon Campbell, U.S. Geological Survey Landsat 5 Earth imaging operations have been suspended for an additional 90 days while the U.S. Geological Survey Flight Operations Team (FOT) continues to investigate
