Landsat Product Processing 

Starting: Monday April 7, 2025, 6:00 p.m. CDT 
Completion: Thursday April 10, 2025, 12:00 p.m. CDT 

The processing of newly acquired Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 data will be paused starting at 6:00 p.m. CDT on Monday, April 7^th.  Data processing will remain paused until the distribution systems return to nominal operations (described below). 

Note: Direct access to the Landsat commercial cloud environment will remain available, but no new data will be added until maintenance completes.
 

Product and Science Distribution Systems 

Starting: Tuesday April 8, 2025, 4:00 p.m. CDT 
Completion: Thursday April 10, 2025, 12:00 p.m. CDT 
 
All USGS EROS product distribution and science systems, as well as online applications, will be unavailable by 4:00 p.m. CDT on April 8th and will remain down until maintenance activities are complete and systems are brought back online by 12:00 p.m. CDT on Thursday April 10th. Access to systems may be intermittent during the return to nominal operations.

Affected product and science systems include (but may not be limited to):  

• EarthExplorer, GloVis, and ESPA 

• Hazards Data Distribution System (HDDS)  

• LANDFIRE  

• Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) Consortium  

• Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS)    

• FEWS NET Data Portal    

• Fire Danger Forecasts 

Impacted online applications include (but may not be limited to):  

• Landsat-based tools (Landsat Acquisition Calendar, EarthNow!, Spectral Characteristics Viewer) 

• EROS Cal/Val Center of Excellence (ECCOE)/RCA-EO tools (Test Site Catalog, Online Compendium) 

• USGS EROS-based tools (EROS Media Gallery, Earthshots, Remote Sensing Classroom) 

 
We apologize for these interruptions and appreciate your patience. Please contact EROS User Services  with any questions about this announcement.