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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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EROS Director Pete Doucette Speaking at SDSU Public Event

EROS Director Pete Doucette Speaking at SDSU Public Event

Dr. Pete Doucette, Director of the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center in South Dakota, will speak at a free public lecture...

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Data Affected by Recent Landsat 8 Anomaly Now Processed

Data Affected by Recent Landsat 8 Anomaly Now Processed

The data acquired during a recent Landsat 8 spacecraft anomaly have been validated by the USGS/NASA Calibration/Validation Team (CVT).  Many of the...

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EROS 50th History: Becoming a Ground Station

EROS 50th History: Becoming a Ground Station

It’s part of our origins legend: In 1970, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was tapped to host the U.S. Geological Survey’s new Earth-observing satellite...

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Recent Landsat 8 Anomaly

Recent Landsat 8 Anomaly

Landsat 8 experienced a spacecraft anomaly on Tuesday, October 17th, 2023 (DOY 290), at 13:42:00 CDT (18:42:00 GMT) and recovered later that evening...

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USGS Awards Competitive Remote Sensing Grant to AmericaView

USGS Awards Competitive Remote Sensing Grant to AmericaView

The U.S. Geological Survey awards $1.47 million to AmericaView as the recipient of the National Land Remote Sensing Education, Outreach and Research...

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One Hundredth Drag Make-Up Maneuver for Landsat 8

One Hundredth Drag Make-Up Maneuver for Landsat 8

On October 5, 2023, at 2:26:00 EST (18:26:00 GMT), the USGS Landsat Flight Operations Team executed the 100th Drag Make-Up Maneuver (DMU) on the...

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Using the Power of Landsat and Digital Earth Tools to Understand Coastlines in Australia and Africa

Using the Power of Landsat and Digital Earth Tools to Understand Coastlines in Australia and Africa

How leading-edge Landsat based Earth observation products and tools are helping us to understand Africa’s and Australia’s coastlines. This is the...

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New Paper Promotes the 50-year Landsat Collection 2 Archive

New Paper Promotes the 50-year Landsat Collection 2 Archive

Recognizing the need for consistently processed remotely sensed data, the USGS initiated collections-based processing to ensure superior radiometric...

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EROS 50th History: Responding to Disasters

EROS 50th History: Responding to Disasters

Landsat satellites captured vivid imagery of the massive fires blazing across Canada earlier this year: orange flames, ugly burn scars, thick smoke.

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Upcoming Webinar to Highlight Landsat

Upcoming Webinar to Highlight Landsat

The USGS EROS User Experience Webinar series includes presentations about data products as well as useful tools and services that impact users of data...

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EROS 50th History: Landsat Unites USGS and NASA

EROS 50th History: Landsat Unites USGS and NASA

Inspired by early images of the Earth from space, the Department of the Interior and the USGS had a bold idea in the 1960s to launch a satellite to...

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Celebrating a Half-Century at EROS

Celebrating a Half-Century at EROS

A half-century of capturing satellite imagery, teaching interpretation, and discovering new land change science distinguishes the USGS Earth Resource...

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