Landsat satellites

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Landsat satellites are a series of Earth-observing spacecraft that provide long-term, continuous multispectral imagery used worldwide for environmental monitoring, land-use mapping, and resource management.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Earth observation satellite series
remote sensing platform
alsoKnownAs ERTS program
countryOfOrigin United States
dataDistributedVia Amazon Web Services Open Data
USGS EarthExplorer
USGS GloVis
dataManagedBy United States Geological Survey
dataPolicy free and open access
firstLaunchDate 1972-07-23
firstSatellite Landsat 1
linked to: Landsat satellites
hasGlobalCoverage yes
hasImagingType multispectral imagery
thermal infrared imagery
hasMember Landsat 1
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Landsat 2
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Landsat 3
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Landsat 4
Landsat 5
Landsat 6
Landsat 7
Landsat 8
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Landsat 9
hasOrbitType Sun-synchronous orbit
near-polar orbit
hasPurpose Earth observation
agricultural monitoring
climate change research
disaster monitoring
environmental monitoring
forest monitoring
land-use mapping
resource management
water resources monitoring
hasRevisitTime 16 days
hasSpatialResolution 30 meters
hasSpatialResolutionRange 15–120 meters
hasSwathWidth about 185 kilometers
Landsat 5:missionDuration 1984–2013
Landsat 7:launchDate 1999-04-15
Landsat 8:launchDate 2013-02-11
Landsat 8:primaryInstruments Operational Land Imager
Thermal Infrared Sensor
Landsat 9:launchDate 2021-09-27
Landsat 9:primaryInstruments Operational Land Imager 2
Thermal Infrared Sensor 2
longestOperatingSatellite Landsat 5
operatedBy NASA
United States Geological Survey
originalName Earth Resources Technology Satellite program
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startOfProgram 1972
typicalLocalOverpassTime approximately 10:00 a.m. local time
usedBy commercial organizations
governments
non-governmental organizations
scientists

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Goddard Space Flight Center developed Landsat satellites
Cape Canaveral LC-41 notableLaunch Landsat 9
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Atlas usedInProgram Landsat program
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Atlas notablePayload Landsat 1
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NASA spacecraft includes Landsat satellites (NASA contributions)
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Landsat satellites hasMember Landsat 1
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Landsat satellites hasMember Landsat 2
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Landsat satellites hasMember Landsat 3
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Landsat satellites hasMember Landsat 8
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Landsat satellites originalName Earth Resources Technology Satellite program
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Landsat satellites firstSatellite Landsat 1
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Lockheed Martin Space notableProject Landsat satellites
Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992 relatedToProgram Landsat program
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Sun-synchronous orbit isUsedBy Landsat satellites
USGS EarthExplorer includesCollection Landsat imagery
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USGS GloVis dataSource Landsat missions
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ERTS program fullName Earth Resources Technology Satellite program
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ERTS program evolvedInto Landsat program
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ERTS-1 renamedAs Landsat 1
subject linked to: ERTS program
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Operational Land Imager mission Landsat program
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Landsat 9 program Landsat program
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Landsat 4 partOf Landsat program
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Landsat 5 program Landsat program
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Landsat 6 partOf Landsat program
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Landsat 7 program Landsat program
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