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USGS Satellite data update

USGS Satellite data update. Ronald E. Beck ( beck@usgs.gov ) April 28, 2010. Landsat 5. Launched March 1, 1984 Limited coverage since 2003 Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier (TWTA) failed 1987 Back up TWTA failed December 2009. Landsat 7. Launched 1999 Scan line corrector failed 2003.

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USGS Satellite data update

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  1. USGS Satellite data update Ronald E. Beck (beck@usgs.gov) April 28, 2010

  2. Landsat 5 • Launched March 1, 1984 • Limited coverage since 2003 • Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier (TWTA) failed 1987 • Back up TWTA failed December 2009

  3. Landsat 7 • Launched 1999 • Scan line corrector failed 2003

  4. Landsat Data Continuity Mission(LDCM) • Scheduled for launch December 2012 • Bands will be similar to Landsat 7, with added deep blue and cirrus bands. It will carry a thermal band • No-cost download • # of scenes increase from 250 per day to 400 • Limited off-nadir capability

  5. No-cost data downloads • Began with Landsat and aerial photography archives • Expanded to current Landsat data • Added additional satellite data

  6. No-cost data downloads • Aerial photography • Elevation data • DLG, DOQ • Satellite data, includes historic archive of Landsat data and all current acquisitions continued

  7. Additional satellite data • French SPOT data over U. S. 1986-1998 • SPOT 4,5 data buy of U.S. coverage soon available • Quickbird • IKONOS • WORLDVIEW • ORBVIEW • LIMITED RADARSAT • AVHRR • EO-1

  8. Download successes for Landsat data • Begun July, 2008 on a test case basis • When fee was assessed, up to 20,000 scenes per year • As of April 2010, over 2 million scenes downloaded.

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