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'Next' to Continue the NASA/USGS Landsat Legacy

'Next' to Continue the NASA/USGS Landsat Legacy

With a trio of smaller satellites that can each detect 26 wavelengths of light and thermal energy, the Landsat Next mission is expected to look very...

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2022 from Landsat's View

2022 from Landsat's View

Remember historic Landsat Mission events with the newest Landsat Storymap.

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Landsat 7 Extended Science Mission to Continue into the New Year

Landsat 7 Extended Science Mission to Continue into the New Year

Initially, when the Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) resumed imaging after moving to a lower orbit in early 2022, it was decided to...

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Pecora Awards Honor Excellence in Earth Observation

Pecora Awards Honor Excellence in Earth Observation

Images of Earth are so common these days that it’s easy to forget that these illuminating visuals are actually grounded in remote sensing data that...

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New Publication Describes Landsat 9 Geometric Characteristics

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.

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Pecora 22 Program and Registration Now Available

Pecora 22 Program and Registration Now Available

The 22nd William T. Pecora Memorial Remote Sensing Symposium (Pecora 22) will convene in Denver, Colorado, from October 24 – 27, 2022.

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Landsat Science Team Meets, Celebrates Landsat 9 Transition

Landsat Science Team Meets, Celebrates Landsat 9 Transition

The 2018-2023 Landsat Science Team met for their summer meeting at the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center in Sioux Falls, S.D...

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Landsat Collection 1 Datasets To Be Removed By End of 2022

Landsat Collection 1 Datasets To Be Removed By End of 2022

All Landsat Collection 1 data and science products will be removed from USGS data access platforms by the end of 2022.

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LCMAP Adds Data for 2021 with Release of Collection 1.3

LCMAP Adds Data for 2021 with Release of Collection 1.3

The USGS Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) initiative has released the third update to its conterminous United States (CONUS)...

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