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New Landsat 9 Cloud Cover Assessment Validation Dataset Published

Clouds are unavoidable in space-borne optical imagery. Accurate, well-documented, and automated cloud detection algorithms are necessary to...

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Landsat Supporting Greater International Water Security

Looking to the past to protect the future: Landsat products and tools informing water security initiatives around the world. This is the second in a...

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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

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

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

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

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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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

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

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

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

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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