Landsat 7 Mission - by the Numbers
Detailed Description
The Landsat 7 satellite was launched on April 15, 1999. The mission was decommissioned on June 4, 2025. The data collected by the satellite's sensor from 1999 to 2024 is a key part of Landsat’s 50-plus year record of imaging our planet’s surface and are preserved in the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center archive.
Visit this USGS webpage to learn more about the Landsat 7 mission.
Sources/Usage
Public Domain.
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