May 8, 2012 - Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper Ceases Routine Acquisitions - Update
After a silent winter, the USGS turned on the Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper (TM) in late April to determine the state of the electronics problem that suspended operations in November, 2011. Unfortunately,...
View ArticleJuly 23, 2012 - USGS Rolls Out New LandastLook Viewer
In honor of this, the 40th Anniversary of the Landsat 1 launch, and in preparation for Landsat 8 in February 2013, the USGS has rolled out a prototype viewer that allows easy access to the over 3...
View ArticleAugust 10, 2012 - New Filenames and Metadata Updates to be Released
On August 21, 2012, all newly processed Landsat data will have updated filenames and metadata to better align all 40 years of Landsat data and to prepare for new data from the Landsat Data Continuity...
View ArticleOctober 1, 2012 - Remote Sensing of Environment Landsat Legacy Special Issue
The July 2012 edition of Remote Sensing of Environment is a special Landsat Legacy issue. As the corporate sponsor of the issue, the USGS invites you to free access to the issue for a year from...
View ArticleOctober 19, 2012 - New Landsat Science Team Announced
The USGS, in cooperation with NASA, has selected an expert team of scientists and engineers to provide technical and scientific input to USGS and NASA on issues critical to the success of the Landsat...
View ArticleFebruary 14, 2014 - Landsat 8: Good Things, Getting Better
It’s hard to believe a year has passed since the launch of Landsat 8. This article provides some insight into the first year of operations from a number of folks involved with the Landsat 8 mission....
View ArticleApril 27, 2015 - Continuing the Land Imaging Mission; NASA, USGS Begin Work...
NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have started work on Landsat 9, planned to launch in 2023, which will provide mission-critical continuity in the Earth-observing program’s record of land...
View ArticleMarch 14, 2016 - Call for 2016 William T. Pecora Award Nominations
The William T. Pecora Award is presented annually to individuals or groups that have made outstanding contributions toward understanding the Earth by means of remote sensing. Nominations for the 2016...
View ArticleOctober 18, 2016 - Upcoming Website Interruptions
Access to this site may become interrupted between 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm CT on Thursday, October 20, 2016 due to system upgrades.
View ArticleOctober 21, 2016 - Landsat 8 Collection 1 Sample Data
Landsat 8 Collection 1 Level-1 sample data are available. Users are encouraged to analyze these samples and contact User Services with any questions or feedback.
View ArticleDecember 2, 2016 - Landsat 9 Ground System Review
On November 30 – December 1, USGS EROS hosted the Landsat 9 Ground System Requirements Review (GSRR) in Sioux Falls, SD. This was the first in a series of major project reviews for Landsat 9, which is...
View ArticleDecember 5-9, 2016 - Landsat Ground Station Operators Meeting
The 45th Landsat Ground Station Operators Working Group Meeting is being held December 5-9 in Libreville, Gabon. Members from USGS EROS, International Cooperators and various partners will discuss...
View ArticleJanuary 9, 2017 – Landsat Science Team: 2016 Summer Meeting Summary
The Landsat Science Team held their biannual meeting in July, 2016, at South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota. The main objectives were to provide Landsat 7 and 8 status updates,...
View ArticleJanuary 31, 2017 - Upcoming Landsat 8 Data Unavailability and Landsat 7...
Landsat 8 Data Access In order to implement Landsat 8 Collection 1 Level-1 data processing into the USGS systems, Pre-Collection Landsat 8 processing and data distribution will be unavailable on...
View ArticleFebruary 7, 2017 – Recent Landsat Science Team Meeting Presentations Available
In January 2017, the Landsat Science Team (LST) met to assess the current status of Landsat acquisitions, archive improvements, and product development plans. They also investigated improved...
View ArticleFebruary 22, 2017 - Updated LandsatLook Viewer, New Sentinel2Look Viewer...
As of February 21, 2017, a new version of the LandsatLook Viewer is available. This release represents a major redesign of the earlier LandsatLook Viewer. The update includes many new features,...
View ArticleFebruary 27, 2017 – Landsat 9 Spacecraft Systems Review
USGS and NASA officials will participate in the Landsat 9 Spacecraft System Requirements Review February 28 and March 1 at the Orbital ATK facility in Gilbert, Arizona.An independent panel will review...
View ArticleMarch 1, 2017 - Historic Landsat 5 launched 33 years ago today
On March 1, 1984, Landsat 5 launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Landsat 5 was designed and built at the same time as Landsat 4 and carried the Multispectral Scanner System (MSS) and...
View ArticleMarch 6, 2017 – Landsat 8 Collection 1 Data Available
Landsat 8 OLI/TIRS Collection 1 data acquired over the United States from 2015 to present are now available for download from Collection 1 Level-1 dataset category on EarthExplorer. Scenes will be...
View ArticleMarch 7, 2017 - Pecora 20 Conference Announcement
The Pecora 20 Conference will be held November 14-16, 2017 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The conference theme is “Observing a Changing Earth: Science for Decisions…Monitoring, Assessment, and...
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