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    The Landsat program is the longest-running enterprise for acquisition of satellite imagery of Earth. It is a joint NASA / USGS program. On 23 July 1972...
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    Landsat 7 is the seventh satellite of the Landsat program. Launched on 15 April 1999, Landsat 7's primary goal is to refresh the global archive of satellite...
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    Landsat 8 is an American Earth observation satellite launched on 11 February 2013. It is the eighth satellite in the Landsat program; the seventh to reach...
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    distributes the data archive. It is the ninth satellite in the Landsat program, but Landsat 6 failed to reach orbit. The Critical Design Review (CDR) was...
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    collect imagery of the surface of Earth. A continuation of the Landsat Program, Landsat 5 was jointly managed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the...
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    Landsat 1 (LS-1), formerly named ERTS-A and ERTS-1, was the first satellite of the United States' Landsat program. It was a modified version of the Nimbus...
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    Landsat 3 is the third satellite of the Landsat program. It was launched on March 5, 1978, with the primary goal of providing a global archive of satellite...
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    November 2004, operational Landsat program Landsat 1, launched July 1972, completed Landsat 2, launched January 1975, completed Landsat 3, launched March 1978...
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    Landsat 4 is the fourth satellite of the Landsat program. It was launched on July 16, 1982, with the primary goal of providing a global archive of satellite...
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    formats that image processing systems used in the early years of NASA's Landsat program. Thomas was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She graduated from high school...
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    Landsat 6, equipped with upgraded versions of the instruments on Landsat 5, was designed to carry forward the Landsat program. It was launched on October...
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    years immediately following the mission. In the early 1980s, NASA's Landsat program was facing a severe data tape shortage and it is likely the tapes were...
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    among the public. Also in 1972 the United States started the Landsat program, the largest program for acquisition of imagery of Earth from space. In 1977,...
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    Landsat Island is a small, uninhabited island located at approximately 60°10'37"N 64°02'30"W, 20 kilometres (12 mi) off the northeast coast of Labrador...
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    to the Landsat program, having designed the Multispectral Scanner which was first used on Landsat 1. She has been called "The Mother of Landsat" for this...
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    Landsat 2 is the second satellite of the Landsat program. The spacecraft originally carried a designation of ERTS-B (Earth Resource Technology Satellite...
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  • observing sensors introduced in the Landsat program. A Multispectral Scanner was placed aboard each of the first five Landsat satellites. The scanner was designed...
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    Command. The Landsat program is the longest-running enterprise for acquisition of satellite imagery of Earth. It is a joint NASA / USGS program. On July 23...
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    As of 2022, there have been nine LandSat satellites with LandSat 7, 8, and 9 orbiting the Earth. The LandSat program has involved many organisations since...
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    September 23, 2022. "Landsat History". NASA. Retrieved July 5, 2021. Foust, Jeff (September 27, 2021). "Atlas 5 launches Landsat 9". Space News. Retrieved...
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  • Thematic Mapper, one of the Earth observing sensors introduced in the Landsat program Wisconsin H-Alpha Mapper, a custom-built 0.6 metres (24 in) telescope...
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    Administration operates various services with space components, such as the Landsat program. Military space activities are implemented by the United States Space...
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    Landsat program photo with Mobile Bay in the center...
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    found on Earth observation satellites, including (for example) the Landsat program or the IKONOS satellite. Maps of land cover and land use from thematic...
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  • Earth Observations Global Earth Observation System of Systems Phi Lab Landsat program TerraSAR-X: a German Earth observation satellite Radiant Earth Foundation:...
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    Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS), which became the precursor to the Landsat program. These early sensors had minimal spectral resolution, but tended to...
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    observation satellites (e.g. Landsat program, 1972), space telescopes and particularly space stations (e.g. Salyut program, 1971). The until 1979 negotiated...
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    November 11, 2009. Retrieved 2019-06-09. Mobile Bay National Estuary Program (November 2008). "State of Mobile Bay" (PDF). "Beneficial Uses of Dredge...
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    intelligence-gathering services, including the Defense Support Program, Landsat program, SPOT, and six meteorological satellites. One area where the Coalition...
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    November 2006 Rocchio, Laura. "The Landsat Program." National Aeronautics and Space Administration. http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov , accessed 4 December...
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