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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
Meet Dennis Helder
South Dakota State University expertise is at work every time a computer user uses Google Earth software or various other tools to study satellite images. Professor Dennis Helder, the head
Landsat 5 Makes Its 125,000th Orbit of the Earth
On September 1, 2007, Landsat 5 made its 125,000th orbit of the Earth. Designed to complete only 16,000 orbits, the spacecraft continues to deliver images of our ever-changing planet daily. Through domestic and
Satellites Let Scientists View Earth as Integrated System
Contributor: Cheryl Pellerin, America.gov Staff Writer Direct observations of oceans, land surfaces, the atmosphere and glaciers have made it possible in 2007 for scientists to state with more than 90 percent certainty
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Draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for LDCM Operational Land Imager (OLI) Released
A draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for an LDCM reflective band instrument, the Operational Land Imager (OLI), was released on Thursday, Dec. 7 on the NASA Acquisition Internet Service (NAIS).
Landsat Semi-Annual Calibration Meeting Held
NASA and USGS work jointly to maintain and refine as necessary, the radiometric and geometric calibrations of the Landsat 5 TM and Landsat 7 ETM+. As part of this effort,
2006 Landsat Ground Station Operators Working Group Meeting Held
This year’s Landsat Ground Station Operators Working Group (LGSOWG-35) meeting was held in Australia November 13-17, 2006. The meeting was organized by USGS and hosted by GeoScience Australia in Hobart,
Landsat at the National Interpreters Workshop
LDCM Education and Public Outreach prepared and presented two sessions at the National Association for Interpretation’s Annual Conference in November, highlighting the NASA Explorer Institute, Earth to Sky. The conference was attended
Sam Goward Receives 2006 USGS John Wesley Powell Award
Dr. Sam N. Goward, the former Landsat 7 Science Team Leader and a Professor of Geography at the University of Maryland, received the 2006 USGS John Wesley Powell Award today
Meet Sam Goward
Dr. Samuel N. Goward is a professor of Geography at the University of Maryland College Park specializing in bioclimatology and remote sensing. He currently serves as a co-chair of the
Landsat at the Smithsonian
Landsat images are part of a Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibition called “Earth from Space.” The exhibit was jointly developed by the Smithsonian, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Global Imagination.
Watch as Landsat Data Are Collected
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has made it possible for you to watch as swaths of data from the Landsat 5 and Landsat 7 satellites are collected and downloaded to
Landsat Data Help National Park Service Manage Bison in Yellowstone
Contributor: Gretchen Cook-Anderson Grainy photographs of America’s Old West recall a time when large bison herds migrated across wide prairie lands, 30 million strong, with the changing seasons determining their path
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Draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for LDCM Operational Land Imager (OLI) Released
A draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for an LDCM reflective band instrument, the Operational Land Imager (OLI), was released on Thursday, Dec. 7 on the NASA Acquisition Internet Service (NAIS).
Landsat Semi-Annual Calibration Meeting Held
NASA and USGS work jointly to maintain and refine as necessary, the radiometric and geometric calibrations of the Landsat 5 TM and Landsat 7 ETM+. As part of this effort,
2006 Landsat Ground Station Operators Working Group Meeting Held
This year’s Landsat Ground Station Operators Working Group (LGSOWG-35) meeting was held in Australia November 13-17, 2006. The meeting was organized by USGS and hosted by GeoScience Australia in Hobart,
Landsat at the National Interpreters Workshop
LDCM Education and Public Outreach prepared and presented two sessions at the National Association for Interpretation’s Annual Conference in November, highlighting the NASA Explorer Institute, Earth to Sky. The conference was attended
Sam Goward Receives 2006 USGS John Wesley Powell Award
Dr. Sam N. Goward, the former Landsat 7 Science Team Leader and a Professor of Geography at the University of Maryland, received the 2006 USGS John Wesley Powell Award today
Meet Sam Goward
Dr. Samuel N. Goward is a professor of Geography at the University of Maryland College Park specializing in bioclimatology and remote sensing. He currently serves as a co-chair of the
Landsat at the Smithsonian
Landsat images are part of a Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibition called “Earth from Space.” The exhibit was jointly developed by the Smithsonian, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Global Imagination.
Watch as Landsat Data Are Collected
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has made it possible for you to watch as swaths of data from the Landsat 5 and Landsat 7 satellites are collected and downloaded to
Landsat Data Help National Park Service Manage Bison in Yellowstone
Contributor: Gretchen Cook-Anderson Grainy photographs of America’s Old West recall a time when large bison herds migrated across wide prairie lands, 30 million strong, with the changing seasons determining their path
