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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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Ring in the New Year with Landsat Collection 2

Ring in the New Year with Landsat Collection 2

As of December 30, 2022, Landsat Collection 1 data and science products are no longer downloadable from the USGS.

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2022 Year in Review for USGS EROS

2022 Year in Review for USGS EROS

Plenty of significant occasions and accomplishments were celebrated by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center in 2022.

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Jim Rowland Is Retiring from USGS EROS, But His Workplace Stretched to Africa

Jim Rowland Is Retiring from USGS EROS, But His Workplace Stretched to Africa

Thirty years ago, a contractor at USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center hired a man who could speak French—in a strong Quebec...

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Landsat Collection 1 Datasets to be Removed on December 30, 2022

Landsat Collection 1 Datasets to be Removed on December 30, 2022

All Landsat Collection 1 data and science products in the USGS archives will become unavailable on December 30, 2022. Additionally, the ability to...

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Landsat Technical Working Group Meets in Germany

Landsat Technical Working Group Meets in Germany

The USGS Landsat International Cooperator Network, in coordination with the German Aerospace Center (DLR), met for the Landsat Technical Working Group...

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Landsat 5 Flight Operations Team Wins Pecora Award

Landsat 5 Flight Operations Team Wins Pecora Award

Landsat 5, already honored by the Guinness Book of World Records as the Longest Operating Earth Observation Satellite, received another award at the...

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Pecora Awards Honor Excellence in Earth Observation

Pecora Awards Honor Excellence in Earth Observation

Images of Earth are so common these days that it’s easy to forget that these illuminating visuals are actually grounded in remote sensing data that...

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New Publication Describes Landsat 9 Geometric Characteristics

New Publication Describes Landsat 9 Geometric Characteristics

A recent publication provided the results of the analysis done from the Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 underfly activities that took place in late 2021.

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