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Landsat Missions

Since 1972, the joint U.S. Geological Survey / NASA Landsat series of Earth Observation satellites have continuously acquired images of the Earth’s land surface, providing uninterrupted data to help land managers and policymakers make informed decisions about natural resources and the environment.

Landsat is a part of the USGS National Land Imaging (NLI) Program.

Landsat Headlines

  • The latest news about Landsat missions, data products, and data access. 

Landsat FAQs

  • Frequently asked questions about Landsat Program, its satellite missions, and the resulting data products. 

Landsat Fact Sheets

  • Webpage listing Landsat fact sheets.

Landsat Project Documents 

  • Policy, data, and Landsat processing systems-specific documents. 

Landsat Project Statistics

  • Webpage updated quarterly to show the growth of the USGS Landsat data archive and data distribution.

Landsat Updates

  • The latest news about Landsat activities and related topics of interest.

Landsat Ground Network Stations (LGN)

  • The primary downlinking facilities for USGS Landsat satellite missions.

Landsat International Ground Station (IGS) Network

  • Worldwide cooperators receiving Landsat data via direct reception and downlink. 

Landsat Global Archive Consolidation (LGAC)

  • The effort that started in 2010 to consolidate Landsat data acquired at ground stations around the world in the USGS archive. 

 

 

News

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USGS Satellite Sensor Finds Home with Smithsonian

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March 2023 - Vol. 2 | Issue 3

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Landsat 9 Collection 2 Level-3 Products Now Available

Publications

ECCOE Landsat quarterly Calibration and Validation report—Quarter 3, 2022

Executive SummaryThe U.S. Geological Survey Earth Resources Observation and Science Calibration and Validation (Cal/Val) Center of Excellence (ECCOE) focuses on improving the accuracy, precision, calibration, and product quality of remote-sensing data, leveraging years of multiscale optical system geometric and radiometric calibration and characterization experience. The ECCOE Landsat Cal/Val Team

Landsat Collection 2 Level-3 Fractional Snow Covered Area science product

The Landsat Collection 2 Level-3 Fractional Snow Covered Area science product indicates the percentage of pixels covered by snow for Landsat 4–8 imagery. Landsat’s spatial resolution offers the capability to map snow cover patterns across topographically complex mountainous regions. Snow cover is spatially and temporally variable and is often concentrated in remote or inaccessible land regions, ma

Landsat Collection 2 Level-3 Burned Area science product

Accurate and complete data on fire locations and burned areas are needed to quantify trends and patterns of fire occurrence, characterize drivers of fire, project future fire pattern behavior, and help with assessments of fire effects on natural and social systems. The Landsat Collection 2 Level-3 Burned Area science product is designed to identify burned areas across all ecosystems (for example,

Science

Eyes on Earth Episode 90 – Landsat 8 Turns 10

Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we reflect on Landsat 8’s 10th anniversary and the satellite’s contribution of 2.5 million scenes to the 50-year Landsat archive.
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Eyes on Earth Episode 90 – Landsat 8 Turns 10

Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we reflect on Landsat 8’s 10th anniversary and the satellite’s contribution of 2.5 million scenes to the 50-year Landsat archive.
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Eyes on Earth Episode 89 – EROS Workers and Weather

Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we take a look at how essential employees ensure that the ground station keeps receiving satellite imagery during wintry weather.
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Eyes on Earth Episode 89 – EROS Workers and Weather

Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we take a look at how essential employees ensure that the ground station keeps receiving satellite imagery during wintry weather.
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Eyes on Earth Episode 88 – Landsat 5’s Significance, Part 2

Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we learn about how the Landsat 5 flight operations team managed to keep the satellite going as it collected data into its 20s and an award the team recently received.
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Eyes on Earth Episode 88 – Landsat 5’s Significance, Part 2

Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we learn about how the Landsat 5 flight operations team managed to keep the satellite going as it collected data into its 20s and an award the team recently received.
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