The Landsat Program is a joint initiative of USGS and NASA to gather Earth resource data using a series of satellites including Landsats 5 and 7.

Consistent with previous Landsat missions, LDCM TIRS will be fully calibrated prior to launch. Calibration measurements will be made at GSFC and will be done at the component, subsystem and …

ICE: Movement of Iceberg A-68 in Antarctica The Thermal Infrared Rensor (TIRS) aboard the Landsat 8 satellite is able to view changes in Earth’s surface by monitoring relative brightness temperature.

Landsat is used to map disease risk zones, detect algal blooms, and uncover other consequential links between the environment and human health. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory

IDWR’s program uses Landsat satellite images to compute and map ET because it is the only operational satellite with a high enough resolution to map ET within individual fields and because it …

Landsat Updates and Related Reports Landsats 5 and 7 continue to add to the global archive. Due to recent problems with the Landsat 5 Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier (TWTA), a new collec-tion …

Energy is a growing necessity for people worldwide. As the demand for energy grows, Landsat plays an important role in identifying new energy sources and mitigating the human and environmental impact …

Landsat gives fire managers spatially relevant data to help them protect people. Landsat data is used to create vegetation and fuel maps, as well as the burn severity and size metrics that inform post-fire …

Whereas on July 23, 1972, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration launched Landsat 1, originally called the Earth Resources Technology Satellite, as the first civilian Earth observation …

Using the NASA Landsat Counting Study Sheet included with the exhibit, record the number and type of visitors and groups who engage with the exhibit over the course of one hour.