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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 land masses. It used a Nimbus platform that was modified to carry sensor systems and da ....
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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 Earth’s surface. They carried return beam vidicon (RBV) cameras and the MSS sensor. The MSS sensor scanned the Earth’s surface from west to east as t.... |
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