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Below you'll find the most recent news about Landsat and USGS. Please contact Michelle Bouchard at mbouchard@usgs.gov for assistance with specific media questions and requests.

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USGS and the Navajo Nation: Building stronger relationships by supporting Earth observation science, while respecting Navajo culture

USGS and the Navajo Nation: Building stronger relationships by supporting Earth observation science, while respecting Navajo culture

Just as storytelling is integral to the preservation of traditions of Indigenous culture, so is the importance of sharing of Earth observation data to...

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New Landsat 9 Cloud Cover Assessment Validation Dataset Published

New Landsat 9 Cloud Cover Assessment Validation Dataset Published

Clouds are unavoidable in space-borne optical imagery. Accurate, well-documented, and automated cloud detection algorithms are necessary to...

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Landsat Supporting Greater International Water Security

Landsat Supporting Greater International Water Security

Looking to the past to protect the future: Landsat products and tools informing water security initiatives around the world. This is the second in a...

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Landsat Level-1 Product Processing Resumes

Landsat Level-1 Product Processing Resumes

The issues that affected the Landsat processing system earlier today have been resolved and Level-1 product processing has resumed.

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Recently Processed Landsat 8 Products Removed from USGS Inventory

Recently Processed Landsat 8 Products Removed from USGS Inventory

In October 2023, a Landsat 8 satellite anomaly forced Level-1 product processing to pause while the data acquired were assessed. After the satellite...

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Landsat 8, Landsat 9 Level-1 Product Processing Encountering Issues

Landsat 8, Landsat 9 Level-1 Product Processing Encountering Issues

Level-1 product processing of Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 scenes from November 15, 2023, to the present is suspended while engineers investigate an issue...

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Landsat 7 Resumes Imaging after Brief Interruption

Landsat 7 Resumes Imaging after Brief Interruption

The Landsat 7 satellite resumed imaging on Wednesday, November 8, 2023 (DOY 312) at 21:19:44Z (3:19 CST), after a recently-discovered scheduling...

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Upcoming Maintenance to Cause Extended Data Access Interruption

Upcoming Maintenance to Cause Extended Data Access Interruption

On Wednesday, November 15, 2023, access to Landsat and other data stored in the USGS EROS archives will be unavailable from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. CST...

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Landsat 7 Imaging Temporarily Suspended

Landsat 7 Imaging Temporarily Suspended

The USGS/NASA Flight Operations Team (FOT) is investigating a scheduling discrepancy that developed from the orbital drift of the Landsat 7 satellite...

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Data Affected by Recent Landsat 8 Anomaly Now Processed

Data Affected by Recent Landsat 8 Anomaly Now Processed

The data acquired during a recent Landsat 8 spacecraft anomaly have been validated by the USGS/NASA Calibration/Validation Team (CVT).  Many of the...

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