November 2022 - Vol. 1 | Issue 6
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.
USGS Landsat Presents New Science, Products at Pecora Symposium
William T. Pecora worked with other earth science visionaries to develop a land surface imaging program, Landsat. Although the director of the USGS from 1965 to 1971 died before seeing the first satellite launch in 1972, the William T. Pecora Memorial Remote Sensing Symposium honors the vision he worked toward: seeing Earth from a new angle.
New JACIE Compendium Honors Past, Explores Future of Earth Observation
The 2022 Joint Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation—Remote Sensing Satellite Compendium has been released in time for the upcoming 22nd William T. Pecora Memorial Remote Sensing Symposium (Pecora 22).
Collection 1 is Ending
All Landsat Collection 1 data and science products will be removed from USGS data access platforms by the end of 2022.
ECCOE Landsat Quarterly Calibration and Validation report—Quarter 2, 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
Eyes on Earth Episode 81 – Tour of the EROS Radome
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 tour of a crucial component of the Landsat data acquisition process at EROS: the radome that houses the 10-meter antenna for downlinking data to be placed in the archive.
Landsat Satellites Collection
Over the course of fifty years, eight Landsat satellites have observed the Earth's surface. This storymap collection allows users to view each satellite's heritage from Landsat 1 through Landsat 9 (Landsat 6 did not achieve orbit). See first light images, significant events, and unique science for each satellite.