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Landsat 1
Landsat 1
Launched in:
1972
Out of service since:
1978
Repeat cycle:
18 days
Orbit height:
907 km
Orbit type:
Sun Synchronous
Organisation:
NASA - USA
Launched 23 July 1972; decommissioned Jan 1978
Landsat 1 websites
Information
NASA Goddard - Landsat Science
USGS - EROS Center
USGS - Landsat band designations
Data ordering
NASA EarthData - Search
ESA - European Landsat collection (Landsat 1-8)
On Board Sensors
MSS (LS 1-3) (Multispectral Scanner - Landsat 1,2,3)
Information
USGS - Landsat band designations
Data ordering
NASA EarthData - Search
Sensor Bands
Band
Wavelength
(µm)
Bandwidth
(µm)
Resolution
(m)
Swath width
(km)
Revisit time
(days)
Band 4 (VIS)
0.5 to 0.6
79
185
18
Band 5 (VIS)
0.6 to 0.7
79
185
18
Band 6 (VIS)
0.7 to 0.8
79
185
18
Band 7 (NIR)
0.8 to 1.1
79
185
18
Band 8 (on LS3 until 1978) (TIR)
10.4 to 12.6
79
185
18
RBV (Return Beam Vidicon Camera)
Information
Data ordering
Sensor Bands
Band
Wavelength
(µm)
Bandwidth
(µm)
Resolution
(m)
Swath width
(km)
Revisit time
(days)
Band 1 (VIS)
0.475 to 0.575
79
185
Band 2 (VIS)
0.58 to 0.68
79
185
Band 3 (NIR)
0.689 to 0.83
79
185
Band PAN (VIS)
0.505 to 0.75
40
185
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