Landsat 8
E520491
Landsat 8 is an Earth observation satellite in the long-running Landsat program, providing high-resolution multispectral imagery for environmental monitoring, land use analysis, and climate research.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Landsat 8 OLI/TIRS | 1 |
| Landsat 8 TIRS Level-1 | 1 |
| Landsat 8 satellite platform | 1 |
| Landsat Data Continuity Mission | 1 |
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Earth observation satellite
ⓘ
Landsat program satellite ⓘ artificial satellite ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
OLI
NERFINISHED
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TIRS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Landsat Data Continuity Mission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| altitudeMean | 705 kilometers ⓘ |
| COSPARId | 2013-008A ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dataDownlinkBand |
S-band
ⓘ
X-band ⓘ |
| dataPolicy | free and open access ⓘ |
| dataProvider |
Amazon Web Services Public Dataset
NERFINISHED
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USGS EarthExplorer NERFINISHED ⓘ USGS GloVis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Landsat 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| imageResolutionMultispectral | 30 meters ⓘ |
| imageResolutionPanchromatic | 15 meters ⓘ |
| imageResolutionThermal | 100 meters ⓘ |
| inclination | 98.2 degrees ⓘ |
| launchContractor | United Launch Alliance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2013-02-11 ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Space Launch Complex 3E
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vandenberg Air Force Base NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Atlas V 401 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| localTimeOfDescendingNode | 10:00 ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Orbital Sciences Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionDurationDesign | 5 years ⓘ |
| missionType | Earth observation ⓘ |
| NORADId | 39084 ⓘ |
| operator |
NASA
ⓘ
United States Geological Survey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbitalPeriod | 99 minutes ⓘ |
| orbitRegime | Low Earth orbit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbitType | Sun-synchronous orbit ⓘ |
| payloadInstrument |
Operational Land Imager
NERFINISHED
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Thermal Infrared Sensor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| power | approximately 3000 watts ⓘ |
| primaryApplication |
agricultural monitoring
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climate research ⓘ disaster monitoring ⓘ environmental monitoring ⓘ forest monitoring ⓘ land use analysis ⓘ water resources management ⓘ |
| program | Landsat program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| repeatCycle | 16 days ⓘ |
| spacecraftBus | Landsat Data Continuity Mission bus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spectralBandsOLI | 9 ⓘ |
| spectralBandsTIRS | 2 ⓘ |
| successorOf | Landsat 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| swathWidth | 185 kilometers ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Landsat 8 TIRS Level-1
this entity surface form:
Landsat 8 OLI/TIRS
this entity surface form:
Landsat 8 satellite platform
this entity surface form:
Landsat Data Continuity Mission