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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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Landsat Science Team Hears Plans for Landsat 9 Launch

Landsat Science Team Hears Plans for Landsat 9 Launch

Landsat 9 is in the final stages of launch preparation.

 

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Landsat Science Team Meets to Discuss Landsat 9

Landsat Science Team Meets to Discuss Landsat 9

On July 22, 2021, the Landsat Science Team met virtually to hear from NASA and the USGS on the readiness of supporting systems for the upcoming launch...

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Pecora 22 Call for Special Session Proposals

Pecora 22 Call for Special Session Proposals

The 22nd William T. Pecora Memorial Remote Sensing Symposium (Pecora 22) will be held October 23 – 28, 2022 in Denver, Colorado, USA.

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Midwestern Roots tie Landsat Mural Artist to USGS EROS Center

Midwestern Roots tie Landsat Mural Artist to USGS EROS Center

Lompoc, California and the Landsat program have a long and storied history.

All eight Landsat satellites have launched from the military installation...

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Landsat 9 Arrives at Vandenberg Space Force Base in Preparation for Launch

Landsat 9 Arrives at Vandenberg Space Force Base in Preparation for Launch

As reported in a recent NASA News Release, the Landsat 9 satellite arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base on the central coast of California on July 7...

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New Land Cover Maps Capture Nearly Two Decades of Change Across the U.S.

New Land Cover Maps Capture Nearly Two Decades of Change Across the U.S.

The U.S. Geological Survey recently released updated land cover maps for the conterminous United States that depict 18 years of change to the Nation’s...

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Examples of How Landsat Supports Great Lakes Restoration

Examples of How Landsat Supports Great Lakes Restoration

Thousands of years ago, the receding Laurentide Ice Sheet gave North America a gift: five large lakes.

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Study of California Blue Oak Decline During Drought Draws Interest

Study of California Blue Oak Decline During Drought Draws Interest

A study published June 29, 2021 in the journal Frontiers in Climate, titled “Hotter Drought Escalates Tree Cover Declines in Blue Oak Woodlands of...

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Get Crafty with Landsat!

Get Crafty with Landsat!

NASA Invites You to Create Landsat-Inspired Arts and Crafts
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ESPA now includes Collection 2 Spectral Indices and Services

ESPA now includes Collection 2 Spectral Indices and Services

A new software release to the EROS Science Processing Architecture (ESPA) On Demand Interface includes Landsat Collection 2 spectral indices and...

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New Data Access Tool Offers Faster, More User-Friendly Landsat Experience

New Data Access Tool Offers Faster, More User-Friendly Landsat Experience

LandsatLook 2.0 Viewer Optimized for Users of Commercial Cloud

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Landsat Update June 2021

Landsat Update June 2021

Landsat Updates are prepared periodically and distributed electronically to provide information about Landsat activities and related topics of...

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