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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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Moon Impacts Recent Landsat 9 Thermal Imagery

Moon Impacts Recent Landsat 9 Thermal Imagery

The USGS/NASA Landsat Calibration and Validation Team discovered that four Landsat 9 Earth image intervals acquired on May 10, 2023, were impacted by...

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GOES-16 ABI Added to Land Product Characterization System

GOES-16 ABI Added to Land Product Characterization System

The USGS Land Product Characterization System allows for the trending of system characterizations for various sensors, and provides the ability to do...

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Landsat Update — Final Issue, May 2023

Landsat Update — Final Issue, May 2023

Since 2000, Landsat Updates have provided important and timely updates about the USGS Landsat project.

Recently we launched a new outlet to share...

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Landsat 8 Level-1 Product Processing Resumes

Landsat 8 Level-1 Product Processing Resumes

The processing of Landsat 8 Level-1 products has resumed, following a brief pause due to an error that occurred during a standard calibration collect...

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Pecora Nominations Deadline Extended to June 15

Pecora Nominations Deadline Extended to June 15

The deadline for Pecora Award nominations has been extended to June 15, 2023.

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Temporary Pause in Landsat 8 Product Processing

Temporary Pause in Landsat 8 Product Processing

Early on Friday, April 21, 2023, the USGS/NASA Landsat Flight Operations Team (FOT) was alerted of an error that occurred at 6:02 AM CDT (11:02 z)...

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Landsat Collection 2 DEM Source Products Available

Landsat Collection 2 DEM Source Products Available

Several digital elevation model (DEM) sources are used in the processing of Landsat Collection 2 Level-1 products. These sources are based on specific...

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Fifteen years of Open Data Allows Advancements in Landsat Use and Research

Fifteen years of Open Data Allows Advancements in Landsat Use and Research

On this day in 2008, the USGS announced their plan to ‘open’ the USGS EROS Landsat archives, making all Landsat data available to download at no...

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Opening Landsat Archive Helped Realize Its True Value

Opening Landsat Archive Helped Realize Its True Value

Since the launch of the first Landsat satellite more than 50 years ago, scientists, government agencies and the public have found value and...

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Upcoming Webinar to showcase new Bulk Download Web Application

Upcoming Webinar to showcase new Bulk Download Web Application

A new bulk download application is now available to help facilitate downloads from the USGS EROS archive. An upcoming webinar will step through the...

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