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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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Landsat 7 Lowered from Standard Landsat Orbit

Landsat 7 Lowered from Standard Landsat Orbit

For the first time since May 1999, the Landsat 7 satellite has left the Worldwide Reference System-2 (WRS-2) orbit. Following two maneuvers, the...

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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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New Viewer Simplifies Access to LANDFIRE Mapping Layers

New Viewer Simplifies Access to LANDFIRE Mapping Layers

Finding and downloading LANDFIRE data just got easier. The newly updated interactive viewer from Landscape Fire and Resource Management Planning Tools...

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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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Landsat Collection 2 Level-3 Science Products Available

Landsat Collection 2 Level-3 Science Products Available

Landsat Collection 2 Level-3 Dynamic Surface Water Extent, Burned Area, Fractional Snow Covered Area, and Fractional Snow Covered Area Statistics...

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Landsat 9 Calibration Parameters Updated March 8, 2022

Landsat 9 Calibration Parameters Updated March 8, 2022

The USGS and NASA Cal/Val team is updating the Landsat 9 calibration parameters on March 8, 2022.  

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Landsat 9 User Handbook Now Available

Landsat 9 User Handbook Now Available

The Landsat 9 Data User Handbook is now available for download from the Landsat Missions Web Site.

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Landsat 9 Data Now Available in the Cloud

Landsat 9 Data Now Available in the Cloud

As of February 15, 2022, Landsat 9 Collection 2 Level-1, Level-2, and U.S. Analysis Ready Data (ARD) data are available via the commercial cloud.

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