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

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USGS Satellite Sensor Finds Home with Smithsonian

USGS Satellite Sensor Finds Home with Smithsonian

The 50-year Landsat Program lies at the heart of the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, so naturally there are a few Landsat...

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Landsat 9 Collection 2 Level-3 Products Now Available

Landsat 9 Collection 2 Level-3 Products Now Available

The production of Landsat 9 Level-3 Dynamic Surface Water Extent (DSWE) and Fractional Snow Cover Area (fSCA) science products has begun in...

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JACIE Online Compendium Adds Improvements

JACIE Online Compendium Adds Improvements

The comprehensive source for information on Earth-observing satellites around the world—past, present and future—has improved even more.

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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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New RCMAP Fact Sheet Offers User-Friendly Overview

New RCMAP Fact Sheet Offers User-Friendly Overview

The mission of the Rangeland Condition Monitoring Assessment and Projection (RCMAP) project housed at the Earth Resources Observation and Science...

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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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Tools Help Scientists Wrangle LCMAP Data and More

Tools Help Scientists Wrangle LCMAP Data and More

The USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center archive contains 50 years—and counting—of Earth observations in Landsat data. It’s no...

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Landsat Satellites Operated from EROS for First Time

Landsat Satellites Operated from EROS for First Time

For the first time ever, the commands to operate the Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 satellites came directly from the USGS Earth Resources Observation and...

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2022 from Landsat's View

2022 from Landsat's View

Remember historic Landsat Mission events with a new interactive webpage.

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