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The Landsats Satellites
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The idea of a satellite that could produce images of a civilian Earth was first thought of in the Department of Interior in the mid-1960’s. On July 23, 1972, NASA launched the first Landsat Satellite. It was designed to take provide images of the earth’s lan .... Middle of Essay
.... High-Resolution Visible (HRV) sensors capturing visible and near-infrared radiance data with multispectral and panchromatic scanning capabilities. The multispectral mode captures data in three bands in the following spectral ranges: .50-.59, .61-.68 and .79-.89 micrometers. The three bands are co-registered and have a ground resolution of 20m. The panchromatic mode images data in the spectral range .51-.73 micrometers at a sampling interval of 10m.
LITERATURE REVIEW
Landsats 1 through 3 circled the Earth every 103 minutes, completing 14 orbits a day. Eighteen days and 251 overlapping orbits were needed to provide almost complete coverage of the ....
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