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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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Atmospheric Auxiliary Data Changes Affect Landsat 8-9 Level 2 Surface Reflectance Processing

Atmospheric Auxiliary Data Changes Affect Landsat 8-9 Level 2 Surface Reflectance Processing

Landsat Collection 2 Level 2 product processing requires auxiliary atmospheric characterization data from multiple external sources. Landsat 8 and...

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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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