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This natural color Landsat 9 view near South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands shows a weather pattern known as a “Von Karman vortex street," caused by prevailing winds from the southeast.

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Over the course of fifty years, eight Landsat satellites have observed the Earth's surface. View each satellite's history and science including first light images, significant events, and unique science for each satellite.

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Landsat 7 Celebrates Silver Anniversary

Landsat 7 Celebrates Silver Anniversary

Latest in Landsat - April 2024 - Vol. 3 | Issue 4

Calibration and Validation Quarterly Reports Now Include Landsat 9 Analysis

Calibration and Validation Quarterly Reports Now Include Landsat 9 Analysis

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ECCOE Landsat quarterly Calibration and Validation report—Quarter 3, 2023

Executive SummaryThe U.S. Geological Survey Earth Resources Observation and Science Calibration and Validation (Cal/Val) Center of Excellence (ECCOE) focuses on improving the accuracy, precision, calibration, and product quality of remote-sensing data, leveraging years of multiscale optical system geometric and radiometric calibration and characterization experience. The ECCOE Landsat Cal/Val Team
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Md Obaidul Haque, Rajagopalan Rengarajan, Mark Lubke, Md Nahid Hasan, Ashish Shrestha, Jerad L. Shaw, Alex Denevan, Kathryn Ruslander, Esad Micijevic, Michael J. Choate, Cody Anderson, Kurt Thome, Ed Kaita, Julia Barsi, Raviv Levy, Jeff Miller, Leibo Ding
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National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , EROS CalVal Center of Excellence (ECCOE), Landsat Missions

Landsat Next

Landsat Next's launch in the early 2030s will ensure continuity of the longest space-based record of Earth’s land surfaces. The mission will substantially increase the breadth and quality of Earth observation data available to scientists, land managers, and others responsible for managing Earth's natural resources. Landsat Next’s constellation of three satellites will carry sensors that improve bo
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Core Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , EROS CalVal Center of Excellence (ECCOE), Landsat Missions

Monitoring polar ice change in the twilight zone

Landsat’s new extended data collection program is mapping Arctic and Antarctic regions year-round, even in polar twilight.
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Theodore A. Scambos, Christopher Shuman, Mark Fahnestock, Tasha Snow, Christopher J. Crawford
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Core Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , Landsat Missions
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BisonCore Project

The BisonCore is a system from the UAS Research Center that adds new and cutting-edge technology to commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) uncrewed systems (UxS). The BisonCore is a “Multi‐Role Autonomous Vehicle Augmentation System” specifically designed to accommodate Science Payloads & Missions. The system adds a multitude of capabilities that are not available on either Department of Interior (DOI)...
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National Land Imaging Program, National Innovation Center
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BisonCore Project

The BisonCore is a system from the UAS Research Center that adds new and cutting-edge technology to commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) uncrewed systems (UxS). The BisonCore is a “Multi‐Role Autonomous Vehicle Augmentation System” specifically designed to accommodate Science Payloads & Missions. The system adds a multitude of capabilities that are not available on either Department of Interior (DOI)...
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Eyes on Earth Episode 116 – Landsat Images the Twilight Zone

A new Landsat project is adding more images of polar regions so that rapid changes happening there can be mapped in more detail.
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Core Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , Landsat Missions
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Eyes on Earth Episode 116 – Landsat Images the Twilight Zone

A new Landsat project is adding more images of polar regions so that rapid changes happening there can be mapped in more detail.
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Eyes on Earth Episode 115 – EROS Women in Science

To celebrate Women’s History Month, we gathered some of the women who have made a difference in science at EROS.
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Core Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , EROS History Project, Landsat Missions, Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection
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Eyes on Earth Episode 115 – EROS Women in Science

To celebrate Women’s History Month, we gathered some of the women who have made a difference in science at EROS.
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