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Future satellite image collection can be predicted based on recent patterns in satellite data collection. The Satellite Collection Calendar examines the past two months of data collection for Sentinel-2A/2B/2C and Landsat-8/9 and predicts the dates of future data collects. The user zooms into an area of interest and clicks on a tile to produce a table of historical and projected satellite imagery dates. This table can then be referenced when planning data collection efforts to coincide with satellite observations.
The software is also available: King, T.V., Privette, L.M., 2026, Satellite Calendar (ver. 1.0.0, June, 2026): U.S. Geological Survey software release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P1CQMSFV.
Image showing a screen shot from the Satellite Collection Calendar tool. A tile that falls within two orbits has been selected and a table of dates with satellite images for the selected tile from both orbits is returned.