Latest in Landsat - June 2023 - Vol. 2 | Issue 6
During the month of May, we announced the availability of Landsat 9 Level-3 products, learned how the Moon can affect imagery acquisitions, and celebrated the EROS partnership with our own South Dakota State University. Read the latest updates about Landsat here.
Pecora Nominations Deadline Extended to June 15
The deadline for Pecora Award nominations has been extended to June 15, 2023.
Eyes on Earth Episode 94 – EROS 50th: Collaborations with SDSU
South Dakota State University, a land grant university less than an hour from EROS, has had links to Landsat and EROS throughout their existence.
Landsat's Next Chapter
With a trio of smaller satellites that can each detect 26 wavelengths of light, the Landsat Next mission is expected to look very different from its predecessors that have been observing Earth for 50 years. This new plan for Landsat Next, a joint mission of NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey, is designed to provide more frequent, and finer resolution, data of the changing surface of Earth.
Landsat 9 Data Reprocessing Complete, Level-3 Products Now Available
The effort to reprocess all Landsat 9 data held in the USGS EROS Archive since launch is now completed, and for the first time, has enabled the availability of Landsat 9 Level-3 Science Products.
GOES-16 ABI Added to Land Product Characterization System
The USGS Land Product Characterization System allows for the trending of system characterizations for various sensors, and provides the ability to do comparative analysis of Earth observation satellite data and products. A recent update includes the addition of the NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-16 Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI).
Moon Impacts Recent Landsat 9 Thermal Imagery
The USGS/NASA Landsat Calibration and Validation Team discovered that four Landsat 9 Earth image intervals acquired on May 10, 2023, were impacted by the presence of the Moon in the calibration data.
EROS Resumes Daily Public Tours
Free, guided tours at the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center are once again open to the public each day at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. The tours run about 45 minutes in length.