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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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Landsat 9 TIRS Anomaly: Data Availability Update

Landsat 9 TIRS Anomaly: Data Availability Update

As reported on February 28, 2023, the processing of Landsat 9 data was paused to investigate an anomaly on the Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS).

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Current Landsat Science Team Reflects at Final Meeting

Current Landsat Science Team Reflects at Final Meeting

The Winter 2023 USGS-NASA Landsat Science Team (LST) meeting was held February 7-9, 2023, at the Desert Research Institute in Reno, Nevada. This...

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Recent Landsat 9 TIRS Anomaly Pauses Processing of New Landsat 9 Data

Recent Landsat 9 TIRS Anomaly Pauses Processing of New Landsat 9 Data

On the afternoon of February 27, 2023, the USGS/NASA Flight Operations Team (FOT) noticed dropped electrical currents in the Landsat 9 Thermal...

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Upcoming Reprocessing of all Landsat 9 Data

Upcoming Reprocessing of all Landsat 9 Data

Landsat 9 Collection 2 Operational Land Imager (OLI) and Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) data from the first year of operations will be reprocessed...

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Requesting Nominations for 2023 Pecora Award

Requesting Nominations for 2023 Pecora Award

Nominations have opened for the 2023 William T. Pecora Award, the 50th annual presentation, sponsored by the Department of the Interior and the...

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Celebrating a Decade of Landsat 8

Celebrating a Decade of Landsat 8

Landsat 8 celebrates its tenth anniversary this week on Saturday, February 11, 2023. The technology of the satellite and its instruments...

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Processing Plans Established for Data Affected by Landsat 8 Safehold

Processing Plans Established for Data Affected by Landsat 8 Safehold

Since recovering from the January 26, 2023 safehold that paused Landsat 8 data acquisitions, the USGS/NASA Calibration/Validation Team (CVT) have...

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Landsat 8 Data from Recent Safehold Available in Provisional State

Landsat 8 Data from Recent Safehold Available in Provisional State

On Thursday, January 26, 2023, an anomaly caused the Landsat 8 spacecraft to enter a safehold mode. The spacecraft recovered from the safehold on...

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Landsat 8 Recovers from Safehold

Landsat 8 Recovers from Safehold

On January 28, 2023, the Landsat 8 spacecraft recovered from the safehold event that began on January 26th. While the sensors onboard have resumed...

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Landsat 8 Currently in Safehold

Landsat 8 Currently in Safehold

On Thursday, January 26, 2023 (DOY 26), an anomaly caused the Landsat 8 spacecraft to enter into a safehold mode. The sensors onboard suspended...

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'Next' to Continue the NASA/USGS Landsat Legacy

'Next' to Continue the NASA/USGS Landsat Legacy

With a trio of smaller satellites that can each detect 26 wavelengths of light and thermal energy, the Landsat Next mission is expected to look very...

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