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Keep up with the latest Landsat-related news, and catch up on the milestones marked through 50 years of the Landsat Program.

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Fifty Years of Landsat: Sharing Earth information for the benefit of all

Fifty Years of Landsat: Sharing Earth information for the benefit of all

In 2022, the Landsat series of satellites, a program conducted jointly by the U.S. Geological Survey and NASA, celebrates a half century of worldwide...

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Fifty Years of Landsat: Pioneer in Promoting Food Security from Space

Fifty Years of Landsat: Pioneer in Promoting Food Security from Space

Celebrating 50 years of continuous Earth observation, the joint U.S. Geological Survey/NASA Landsat program of Earth observation satellites has...

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Landsat 9 Products Now Available from ESPA

Landsat 9 Products Now Available from ESPA

Landsat 9 Collection 2 products can now be requested for processing from the EROS Science Processing Architecture (ESPA) On Demand Interface.

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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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Remote Sensing Community Says Goodbye to Longtime USGS EROS Chief Scientist Thomas Loveland

Remote Sensing Community Says Goodbye to Longtime USGS EROS Chief Scientist Thomas Loveland

The scientific community lost a visionary on May 13, 2022. Thomas Loveland was the longtime Chief Scientist at the USGS Earth Resources Observation...

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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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Explore the Landsat Archive with New Interactive Map

Explore the Landsat Archive with New Interactive Map

Explore the USGS Landsat archive with the Landsat Archive Dashboard. Now available, the interactive map displays Landsat data products over their...

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How Do You Landsat?

How Do You Landsat?

The Landsat Program wants to know, “How do you Landsat?”

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Upcoming Extended Interruption to Landsat Data Access

Upcoming Extended Interruption to Landsat Data Access

Starting at 8:00 PM CDT on Friday, April 15, 2022, USGS data access portals will be unavailable due to archive database upgrades. Data access portals...

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Reprocessing Landsat 9 Data Acquired from March 22-24, 2022

Reprocessing Landsat 9 Data Acquired from March 22-24, 2022

The USGS/NASA Landsat Flight Operations and Landsat Calibration and Validation Team have identified a number of Landsat 9 calibration intervals...

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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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March 2022 Landsat Update Available

March 2022 Landsat Update Available

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

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