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Landsat Enables Mapping of Fire Histories Across Florida

Landsat Enables Mapping of Fire Histories Across Florida

Wildfires tend to dominate headlines. Prescribed burns, also known as controlled burns, get less attention, but they’re certainly not uncommon...

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Landsat Collection 2 U.S. Analysis Ready Data Now Available

Landsat Collection 2 U.S. Analysis Ready Data Now Available

Landsat Collection 2 (C2) U.S. Analysis Ready Data (ARD) are now available to download from the USGS.

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Landsat 9: Dress Rehearsal of Launch Day Completed

Landsat 9: Dress Rehearsal of Launch Day Completed

Putting the launch team, rocket and California pad to the test, United Launch Alliance (ULA) spent Friday rehearsing the countdown to launch an Atlas...

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Landsat Collection 2 Level-2 Atmospheric Auxiliary Data Now Available

Landsat Collection 2 Level-2 Atmospheric Auxiliary Data Now Available

Atmospheric auxiliary data used in the processing of Landsat Collection 2 Level-2 products are available for download to enable users to generate...

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Landsat Advisory Group Offers Guidance on Potential Revisions to 1992 Land Remote Sensing Policy Act

Landsat Advisory Group Offers Guidance on Potential Revisions to 1992 Land Remote Sensing Policy Act

Satellite technology and the remote sensing community as a whole have evolved significantly since the passage of the 1992 Land Remote Sensing Policy...

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Experience the Landsat 9 Launch!

Experience the Landsat 9 Launch!

The Landsat 9 satellite is on schedule to launch no sooner than September 27 from Vandenberg Space Force Base near Lompoc, California. The city of...

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Join Us Virtually Next Week at the USGS National Imagery Summit

Join Us Virtually Next Week at the USGS National Imagery Summit

Please join the USGS National Land Imaging Program and its partners in the second National Imagery Summit on August 31 through September 2021. This...

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Landsat 9 Stowed and Sealed for Delivery to Orbit

Landsat 9 Stowed and Sealed for Delivery to Orbit

As reported in a recent NASA News Release, the Landsat 9 observatory has been encapsulated in the fairing of the Atlas V 401 rocket that will deliver...

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Landsat 9 Passes Last Key Decision Point Before Launch

Landsat 9 Passes Last Key Decision Point Before Launch

As reported in a recent NASA News Release, the Landsat 9 project passed its final major lifecycle approval gateway on Tuesday, August 10, 2021.

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Landsat Science Team Meets to Discuss Landsat 9

Landsat Science Team Meets to Discuss Landsat 9

On July 22, 2021, the Landsat Science Team met virtually to hear from NASA and the USGS on the readiness of supporting systems for the upcoming launch...

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Pecora 22 Call for Special Session Proposals

Pecora 22 Call for Special Session Proposals

The 22nd William T. Pecora Memorial Remote Sensing Symposium (Pecora 22) will be held October 23 – 28, 2022 in Denver, Colorado, USA.

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Landsat 9 Arrives at Vandenberg Space Force Base in Preparation for Launch

Landsat 9 Arrives at Vandenberg Space Force Base in Preparation for Launch

As reported in a recent NASA News Release, the Landsat 9 satellite arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base on the central coast of California on July 7...

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