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Pecora Abstract and Special Session Deadline Extended to March 15, 2022

Pecora Abstract and Special Session Deadline Extended to March 15, 2022

The deadline for Special Sessions and Abstracts has been extended to March 15, 2022.

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Pecora 22: Call for Abstracts

Pecora 22: Call for Abstracts

Pecora 22: Call for conference sessions and abstracts due March 15, 2022

Opening the Aperture to Innovation: Expanding Our Collective Understanding...

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Landsat Update Special Issue: Landsat 9

Landsat Update Special Issue: Landsat 9

Landsat Updates are prepared periodically and distributed electronically to provide information about Landsat activities and related topics of...

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Landsat: 2021 Year in Review

Landsat: 2021 Year in Review

2021 has been monumental for the Landsat program: a newly launched satellite and 10 million scenes in the archive mark two high points. 

Released...

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Landsat data acquired after December 31, 2021 will not be available in Collection 1

Landsat data acquired after December 31, 2021 will not be available in Collection 1

Landsat data acquired after December 31, 2021 will not be available in Collection 1.

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Landsat Archive Adds Its 10 Millionth Image

Landsat Archive Adds Its 10 Millionth Image

Since 1972, Landsat satellites have continually acquired data about the Earth’s land surface. On November 23, 2021, the Landsat Archive that stores...

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Landsat Science Team Virtual Meeting Held

Landsat Science Team Virtual Meeting Held

NASA and the USGS briefed the Landsat Science Team about Landsat 9 at their Fall Meeting held virtually on November 24, 2021.

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VP Harris Leads National Space Council Meeting, Adds Department of Interior to Council

VP Harris Leads National Space Council Meeting, Adds Department of Interior to Council

On Dec. 1, 2021, Vice President Kamala Harris convened the Biden-Harris Administration’s inaugural National Space Council meeting and laid out the...

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Pecora 22 Calls for Special Session Abstracts

Pecora 22 Calls for Special Session Abstracts

The 22nd William T. Pecora Memorial Remote Sensing Symposium (Pecora 22) will convene in Denver, Colorado, USA from October 23 – 28, 2022, and will...

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Underfly Positions Landsat 9 Below Landsat 8 for Simultaneous Scenes

Underfly Positions Landsat 9 Below Landsat 8 for Simultaneous Scenes

The newly launched Landsat 9 is experiencing a once-in-a-mission lifetime event where its orbit is directly below Landsat 8 for an “underfly.” For...

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First Images of Earth Taken by the Landsat 9 Satellite Released

First Images of Earth Taken by the Landsat 9 Satellite Released

Landsat 9, a joint mission from the Department of the Interior’s U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and NASA that launched Sept. 27, has collected its...

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USGS EROS Processes ‘First Light’ Images from Landsat 9

USGS EROS Processes ‘First Light’ Images from Landsat 9

The first images from the joint USGS-NASA Landsat 9 mission have been released, offering a preview of the high-quality Earth observation data that...

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