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Landsat Part of LaunchFest
On Saturday, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center opened its gates to the public for LaunchFest. LaunchFest celebrated Goddard’s upcoming mission launches and showcased the work done at the Center. The
Landsat 7 Flies Its 50,000th Orbit
The Landsat 7 satellite flew its 50,000th orbit on Monday, September 8, 2008. Landsat 7 has been orbiting the Earth since its launch in April 1999. Landsat satellites provide an
Landsat Important to Coastal Studies
Contributor: Laura E.P. Rocchio When you think of Landsat, images of the Earth’s land surface rightly come to mind because that is the type of imagery that Landsat was designed
Taking Earth's Temperature via Satellite
Contributor: Don Comis, USDA ARS Imagine adding a thermometer to Google™ Earth. That’s the vision of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists Martha Anderson and Bill Kustas, who see the need for
Forest Disturbance and the North American Carbon Flux
Science brief summary by: Laura E. P. Rocchio To provide details about the effect of forest disturbance on the North American carbon budget, an interagency initiative known as the North
Landsat Key in New UNEP Atlas of Africa's Environmental Change
Glacial Retreat to Rapid Urbanization Chronicled in Landmark Satellite Report to Africa’s Environment Ministers Source: United Nations Environment Programme Africa’s rapidly changing environmental landscape, from the disappearance of glaciers in
Secretary Kempthorne Showcases Free Public Availability of Landsat Satellite Image Archive at ESRI Conference
Contact: Joan Moody, USGS Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne announced at the ongoing ESRI Conference that his direction to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to make its 35-year Landsat
RFI: Landsat Raw Data Products
The US Geological Survey seeks information to determine if there is interest by one or more commercial or non-profit vendors in offering Landsat products beyond those available from the US
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A Landsat Survey of Mangroves in Tsunami Prone Regions
Agricultural expansion rather than shrimp farming is the major factor responsible for the destruction of tropical mangrove forests in the tsunami-impacted regions of Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, and
The Landsat Data Continuity Mission: Extending the Longest Legacy of Global Land Observation
In a world newly awash with geospatial information, only Landsat offers a rich archive of global mid-resolution, highly calibrated, multispectral data of Earth’s landmasses. To extend this legacy, plans are
Landsat Ground Station Operators Working Group Meeting Held
Contributor: Terry Arvidson This year’s Landsat Ground Station Operators Working Group (LGSOWG-36) meeting was held in South Africa October 15-19, 2007. The meeting was organized by USGS and hosted by
Landsat at NSF Advanced Technological Education Conference
LDCM Education/Outreach staffer Jeannie Allen presented a poster on the land remote sensing education program, “Integrated Geospatial Education and Technology Training (iGETT),” at NSF ATE’s conference for PIs and Co-PIs,
Landsat 5 Experienced an Issue with Its Onboard Batteries
Landsat 5 experienced an issue with its onboard batteries, leading to concerns about power balance. Imaging will be suspended while the flight operations team analyzes the problem. The Landsat team
NASA Selects Launch Services Provider for Earth Imagery Satellite
NASA’s Launch Services Program office at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., has selected Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services of Littleton, Colo., for launching of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission. The
Greeks Get Space-Based Help In Wake of Deadly Fires
Contributor: European Space Agency (ESA) Cleanup and rebuilding teams responding to the devastation across Greece caused by this summer’s deadly fires are getting help from space. A series of crisis
"Earth from Space" Receives USGS Shoemaker Award
The collaborative efforts of the Smithsonian Institution, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Global Imagination, and NASA on the “Earth from Space” museum exhibit—in which Landsat was widely featured—have been recognized with the
USGS Landsat Newsletter Available
Landsat Newsletter – Vol. 1 Issue 3, 2007 Visit the USGS Landsat website for the latest edition of the Landsat Newsletter, which includes the following articles: Web-enable Landsat Data Landsat
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A Landsat Survey of Mangroves in Tsunami Prone Regions
Agricultural expansion rather than shrimp farming is the major factor responsible for the destruction of tropical mangrove forests in the tsunami-impacted regions of Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, and
The Landsat Data Continuity Mission: Extending the Longest Legacy of Global Land Observation
In a world newly awash with geospatial information, only Landsat offers a rich archive of global mid-resolution, highly calibrated, multispectral data of Earth’s landmasses. To extend this legacy, plans are
Landsat Ground Station Operators Working Group Meeting Held
Contributor: Terry Arvidson This year’s Landsat Ground Station Operators Working Group (LGSOWG-36) meeting was held in South Africa October 15-19, 2007. The meeting was organized by USGS and hosted by
Landsat at NSF Advanced Technological Education Conference
LDCM Education/Outreach staffer Jeannie Allen presented a poster on the land remote sensing education program, “Integrated Geospatial Education and Technology Training (iGETT),” at NSF ATE’s conference for PIs and Co-PIs,
Landsat 5 Experienced an Issue with Its Onboard Batteries
Landsat 5 experienced an issue with its onboard batteries, leading to concerns about power balance. Imaging will be suspended while the flight operations team analyzes the problem. The Landsat team
NASA Selects Launch Services Provider for Earth Imagery Satellite
NASA’s Launch Services Program office at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., has selected Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services of Littleton, Colo., for launching of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission. The
Greeks Get Space-Based Help In Wake of Deadly Fires
Contributor: European Space Agency (ESA) Cleanup and rebuilding teams responding to the devastation across Greece caused by this summer’s deadly fires are getting help from space. A series of crisis
"Earth from Space" Receives USGS Shoemaker Award
The collaborative efforts of the Smithsonian Institution, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Global Imagination, and NASA on the “Earth from Space” museum exhibit—in which Landsat was widely featured—have been recognized with the
USGS Landsat Newsletter Available
Landsat Newsletter – Vol. 1 Issue 3, 2007 Visit the USGS Landsat website for the latest edition of the Landsat Newsletter, which includes the following articles: Web-enable Landsat Data Landsat
