Landsat 8

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Landsat 8 is an Earth observation satellite in the long-running Landsat program, providing high-resolution multispectral imagery for environmental monitoring, land use analysis, and climate research.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Earth observation satellite ⓘ
Landsat program satellite ⓘ
artificial satellite ⓘ
abbreviation OLI ⓘ
TIRS ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Landsat Data Continuity Mission ⓘ
linked to: Landsat 8
altitudeMean 705 kilometers ⓘ
COSPARId 2013-008A ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
dataDownlinkBand S-band ⓘ
X-band ⓘ
dataPolicy free and open access ⓘ
dataProvider Amazon Web Services Public Dataset ⓘ
USGS EarthExplorer ⓘ
USGS GloVis ⓘ
followedBy Landsat 9 ⓘ
imageResolutionMultispectral 30 meters ⓘ
imageResolutionPanchromatic 15 meters ⓘ
imageResolutionThermal 100 meters ⓘ
inclination 98.2 degrees ⓘ
launchContractor United Launch Alliance ⓘ
launchDate 2013-02-11 ⓘ
launchSite Space Launch Complex 3E ⓘ
Vandenberg Air Force Base ⓘ
launchVehicle Atlas V 401 ⓘ
localTimeOfDescendingNode 10:00 ⓘ
manufacturer Orbital Sciences Corporation ⓘ
missionDurationDesign 5 years ⓘ
missionType Earth observation ⓘ
NORADId 39084 ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
United States Geological Survey ⓘ
orbitalPeriod 99 minutes ⓘ
orbitRegime Low Earth orbit ⓘ
linked to: low Earth orbit
orbitType Sun-synchronous orbit ⓘ
payloadInstrument Operational Land Imager ⓘ
Thermal Infrared Sensor ⓘ
power approximately 3000 watts ⓘ
primaryApplication agricultural monitoring ⓘ
climate research ⓘ
disaster monitoring ⓘ
environmental monitoring ⓘ
forest monitoring ⓘ
land use analysis ⓘ
water resources management ⓘ
program Landsat program ⓘ
linked to: Landsat satellites
repeatCycle 16 days ⓘ
spacecraftBus Landsat Data Continuity Mission bus ⓘ
spectralBandsOLI 9 ⓘ
spectralBandsTIRS 2 ⓘ
successorOf Landsat 7 ⓘ
swathWidth 185 kilometers ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Atlas V → notablePayload → Landsat 8 ⓘ
USGS EarthExplorer → includesCollection → Landsat 8 OLI/TIRS ⓘ
linked to: Landsat 8
Operational Land Imager → partOf → Landsat 8 ⓘ
Operational Land Imager → locatedOn → Landsat 8 satellite platform ⓘ
linked to: Landsat 8
Thermal Infrared Sensor → dataProduct → Landsat 8 TIRS Level-1 ⓘ
linked to: Landsat 8
Thermal Infrared Sensor → mission → Landsat Data Continuity Mission ⓘ
linked to: Landsat 8
Landsat 9 → contemporaryWith → Landsat 8 ⓘ
Landsat 5 → successor → Landsat 8 ⓘ
Landsat 7 → followedBy → Landsat 8 ⓘ
Landsat 8 → alsoKnownAs → Landsat Data Continuity Mission ⓘ
linked to: Landsat 8
Atlas V 401 → notableMission → Landsat 8 ⓘ