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Landsat Calibration/Validation Team Earns NASA Award

Landsat Calibration/Validation Team Earns NASA Award

Adding a new satellite to the Landsat Program is no small task, even if the satellite is supposed to be a copy of its older sibling. Working to ensure...

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Reminder: Upcoming Interruption to Landsat Data Processing and Distribution, Web Sites

Reminder: Upcoming Interruption to Landsat Data Processing and Distribution, Web Sites

Reminder: Maintenance planned for Saturday, July 16, 2022, will cause an extended interruption of Landsat data processing and data distribution...

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Upcoming Maintenance to Interrupt Landsat Data Processing and Distribution

Upcoming Maintenance to Interrupt Landsat Data Processing and Distribution

Maintenance planned for Saturday, July 16, 2022, will cause an extended interruption of Landsat data processing and data distribution portals.  To...

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Quarterly Reports Contain Latest Landsat Calibration/Validation Information

Quarterly Reports Contain Latest Landsat Calibration/Validation Information

The USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Calibration and Validation (Cal/Val) Center of Excellence (ECCOE) focuses on improving the...

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Landsat 9 Data to be Reprocessed at the End of 2022

Landsat 9 Data to be Reprocessed at the End of 2022

All Landsat 9 Collection 2 Operational Land Imager (OLI) and Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) data will be reprocessed at the end of 2022 to take...

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Published Works Demonstrate Dedication and Caliber of Landsat Science Team Members

Published Works Demonstrate Dedication and Caliber of Landsat Science Team Members

Landsat Science Team members publish their research and results for the benefit of the remote sensing community. Their publications can be found in...

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Landsat Ground Station Operators Working Group 50th Meeting Held in Pretoria, South Africa

Landsat Ground Station Operators Working Group 50th Meeting Held in Pretoria, South Africa

The USGS Landsat International Cooperator Network, in coordination with the South African National Space Agency (SANSA), held the first in person...

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Landsat 7 Nominal Science Mission Ending

Landsat 7 Nominal Science Mission Ending

Since Landsat 7's launch over 22 years ago on April 15, 1999, the satellite has completed more than 121,000 orbits, and the Enhanced Thematic Mapper...

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Online Compendium Allows Visualization of Earth Observing Satellites and Sensors

Online Compendium Allows Visualization of Earth Observing Satellites and Sensors

The Joint Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation (JACIE) is a collaboration between six Federal agencies that are major users and producers of satellite...

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Landsat 9 Data Processing Resumes

Landsat 9 Data Processing Resumes

The processing of Landsat 9 data held during the recent Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) anomaly has resumed.

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Landsat 9 Thermal Infrared Data Acquisitions Suspended Temporarily

Landsat 9 Thermal Infrared Data Acquisitions Suspended Temporarily

The Landsat 9 Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS-2) experienced an issue with the on-board software on March 12, 2022 (DOY 071).  As a result, TIRS-2...

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Rare Landsat Underfly Mobilizes Cal/Val Experts Globally

Rare Landsat Underfly Mobilizes Cal/Val Experts Globally

To see an example of the adage “Planning makes perfect,” just take a look at the Landsat 9 underfly. The once-in-a-mission event placed the recently...

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