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Landsat 3
Landsat 3
Launched in:
1978
Out of service since:
1983
Repeat cycle:
18 days
Orbit height:
915 km
Orbit type:
Sun Synchronous
Organisation:
NASA - USA
Launched 5 Mar 1978; decommissioned Sept 1983
Landsat 3 websites
Information
USGS - EROS Center
USGS - Landsat band designations
NASA Goddard - Landsat Science
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
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