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

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Landsat Level-1 Product Processing Resumes

Landsat Level-1 Product Processing Resumes

The issues that affected the Landsat processing system earlier today have been resolved and Level-1 product processing has resumed.

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Recently Processed Landsat 8 Products Removed from USGS Inventory

Recently Processed Landsat 8 Products Removed from USGS Inventory

In October 2023, a Landsat 8 satellite anomaly forced Level-1 product processing to pause while the data acquired were assessed. After the satellite...

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Landsat 8, Landsat 9 Level-1 Product Processing Encountering Issues

Landsat 8, Landsat 9 Level-1 Product Processing Encountering Issues

Level-1 product processing of Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 scenes from November 15, 2023, to the present is suspended while engineers investigate an issue...

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Landsat 7 Resumes Imaging after Brief Interruption

Landsat 7 Resumes Imaging after Brief Interruption

The Landsat 7 satellite resumed imaging on Wednesday, November 8, 2023 (DOY 312) at 21:19:44Z (3:19 CST), after a recently-discovered scheduling...

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Upcoming Maintenance to Cause Extended Data Access Interruption

Upcoming Maintenance to Cause Extended Data Access Interruption

On Wednesday, November 15, 2023, access to Landsat and other data stored in the USGS EROS archives will be unavailable from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. CST...

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Landsat 7 Imaging Temporarily Suspended

Landsat 7 Imaging Temporarily Suspended

The USGS/NASA Flight Operations Team (FOT) is investigating a scheduling discrepancy that developed from the orbital drift of the Landsat 7 satellite...

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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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Researchers Caution Use of Landsat Surface Reflectance Products for Long-Term Water Quality Studies

Researchers Caution Use of Landsat Surface Reflectance Products for Long-Term Water Quality Studies

As its name suggests, Landsat was developed to monitor the Earth’s land surface, but the improved radiometric resolution and spectral coverage of...

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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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