NASA | A Landsat Flyby

The Landsat program is the longest continuous global record of the Earth's surface, and continues to deliver both visually stunning and scientifically valuable images of our planet. This short video highlights Landsat's many benefits to society.

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Science & Technology

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• Landsat
• Earth
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• global
• change
• remote
• sensing
• ldcm

[ozixly]

I want the solar panel on that satellite. That thing is 38 yrs old and still kicking. Nice pics on that vid. Shows the Earth is still changin' and the human impact it's that bad.

[roguemale57]

looks like a promo for a motion picture but, this is all evidence-based science.We can see human activities are having an effect on the planet and it climate.Scary stuff.

[aima994]

Landsat has had a total of 7 satellites as of now. The 6th failed to achieve orbit, but the 5th and 7th are still in orbit.

All landsat imagery has been made free via the earth explorer website of USGS. You can download images, or raw data that requires a program like ERDAS to process into imagery which can be manipulated to show special data (like vegetation density).

Don't complain about NASA if you aren't aware of what they do for us. Do (sound) research, then form opinions. Thank you.

[joshnankivel]

You can check out EarthExplorer, GloVis, and the other data sources here: edcwww.cr.usgs.gov >> Find Data

[joshnankivel]

@ozixly, a minor correction. We have had several satellites in the Landsat program, this is not a single satellite or set of instrumentation over 38+ years. Currently, the L5 and L7 (short for Landsat 5 and 7) satellites are still in orbit and kicking. My teams are helping develop the DPAS (Data Processing and Archive Segment) for L8 now.

[roidroid]

@JettonKidd Yeah Americans don't seem to appreciate this data.

Europe really should have done it instead.

[sabird1]

@keanefanne im in 3rd grade

[JettonKidd]

*Paid for by the U.S. Government* =/

[keanefanne]

@sabird1 dude it was a nerdy observation. If you had a brain maybe you'd have a clue as to what a neuron is.

[KickenItOldSchool]

Oh who gives

Whatever happens, happens

[sabird1]

?????? hehe? does anyone know what you are talking about???