Landsat satellites

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Earth observation satellite series remote sensing platform

Landsat satellites are a series of Earth-observing spacecraft that provide long-term, continuous multispectral imagery used worldwide for environmental monitoring, land-use mapping, and resource management.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Landsat 1 3
Earth Resources Technology Satellite program 1
Landsat 2 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Earth observation satellite series ⓘ
remote sensing platform ⓘ
alsoKnownAs ERTS program ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dataDistributedVia Amazon Web Services Open Data ⓘ
USGS EarthExplorer ⓘ
USGS GloVis ⓘ
dataManagedBy United States Geological Survey ⓘ
dataPolicy free and open access ⓘ
firstLaunchDate 1972-07-23 ⓘ
firstSatellite Landsat satellites self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Landsat 1
hasGlobalCoverage yes ⓘ
hasImagingType multispectral imagery ⓘ
thermal infrared imagery ⓘ
hasMember Landsat satellites self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Landsat 1

Landsat satellites self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Landsat 2

Landsat satellites self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Landsat 3

Landsat 4 ⓘ
Landsat 5 ⓘ
Landsat 6 ⓘ
Landsat 7 ⓘ
Landsat satellites self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Landsat 8

Landsat 9 ⓘ
hasOrbitType Sun-synchronous orbit ⓘ
near-polar orbit ⓘ
hasPurpose Earth observation ⓘ
agricultural monitoring ⓘ
climate change research ⓘ
disaster monitoring ⓘ
environmental monitoring ⓘ
forest monitoring ⓘ
land-use mapping ⓘ
resource management ⓘ
water resources monitoring ⓘ
hasRevisitTime 16 days ⓘ
hasSpatialResolution 30 meters ⓘ
hasSpatialResolutionRange 15–120 meters ⓘ
hasSwathWidth about 185 kilometers ⓘ
Landsat 5:missionDuration 1984–2013 ⓘ
Landsat 7:launchDate 1999-04-15 ⓘ
Landsat 8:launchDate 2013-02-11 ⓘ
Landsat 8:primaryInstruments Operational Land Imager ⓘ
Thermal Infrared Sensor ⓘ
Landsat 9:launchDate 2021-09-27 ⓘ
Landsat 9:primaryInstruments Operational Land Imager ⓘ
surface form: Operational Land Imager 2

Thermal Infrared Sensor ⓘ
surface form: Thermal Infrared Sensor 2
longestOperatingSatellite Landsat 5 ⓘ
operatedBy NASA ⓘ
United States Geological Survey ⓘ
originalName Landsat satellites self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Earth Resources Technology Satellite program
startOfProgram 1972 ⓘ
typicalLocalOverpassTime approximately 10:00 a.m. local time ⓘ
usedBy commercial organizations ⓘ
governments ⓘ
non-governmental organizations ⓘ
scientists ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Goddard Space Flight Center → developed → Landsat satellites ⓘ
Landsat satellites → firstSatellite → Landsat satellites self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Landsat 1
Landsat satellites → hasMember → Landsat satellites self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Landsat 1
Landsat satellites → hasMember → Landsat satellites self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Landsat 2
Landsat satellites → hasMember → Landsat satellites self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Landsat 3
Landsat satellites → hasMember → Landsat satellites self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Landsat 8
NASA spacecraft → includes → Landsat satellites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Landsat satellites (NASA contributions)
Cape Canaveral LC-41 → notableLaunch → Landsat satellites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Landsat 9
Atlas → notablePayload → Landsat satellites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Landsat 1
Landsat satellites → originalName → Landsat satellites self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Earth Resources Technology Satellite program
Atlas → usedInProgram → Landsat satellites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Landsat program