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Landsat 8
Landsat 8
Landsat Data Continuity Mission
Launched in:
2013
Repeat cycle:
16 days
Orbit height:
705 km
Orbit type:
Sun Synchronous
Organisation:
NASA - USA
Launched 11 Feb 2013. Data available at no cost.
Landsat 8 websites
Information
Northrop Gumman - Science & Envir. Satellites
USGS Archive - L8 info
Ball Aerospace - Landsat 8 sensors
USGS - Landsat band designations
USGS - Landsat 8 Band combinations
NASA - Landsat 8 mission
USGS - Landsat Missions
USGS - Landsat 8 (info, data product)
USGS - Landsat FAQ
USGS - Landsat 8 Data Users Handbook
NASA Goddard - Landsat Science
Data ordering
ESA - Landsat 8 portal
USGS EarthExplorer
USGS - Landsat data access
ESA Earth Online - Search
NASA EarthData - Search
ESA - Third Party Missions (data for research)
ESA - European Landsat collection (Landsat 1-8)
On Board Sensors
OLI (Operational Land Imager)
Information
Ball Aerospace - Landsat 8 sensors
USGS - Landsat 8 (info, data product)
USGS - Landsat band designations
USGS - Landsat FAQ
Data ordering
USGS - Landsat data access
USGS EarthExplorer
Sensor Bands
Band
Wavelength
(µm)
Bandwidth
(µm)
Resolution
(m)
Swath width
(km)
Revisit time
(days)
Band 1 Coastal/Aerosol (Other)
0.43 to 0.45
30
185
Band 2 Blue (VIS)
0.45 to 0.51
30
185
Band 3 Green (VIS)
0.53 to 0.59
30
185
Band 4 Red (VIS)
0.64 to 0.67
30
185
Band 5 Near Infrared (NIR)
0.85 to 0.88
30
185
Band 6 SWIR 1 (SWIR)
1.57 to 1.65
30
185
Band 7 SWIR 2 (SWIR)
2.11 to 2.29
30
185
Band 8 Panchromatic (Other)
0.5 to 0.68
15
185
Band 9 Cirrus (Other)
1.36 to 1.38
30
185
TIRS (Thermal Infrared Sensor)
Information
Ball Aerospace - Landsat 8 sensors
USGS - Landsat 8 (info, data product)
USGS - Landsat band designations
USGS - Landsat FAQ
Data ordering
USGS - Landsat data access
USGS EarthExplorer
Sensor Bands
Band
Wavelength
(µm)
Bandwidth
(µm)
Resolution
(m)
Swath width
(km)
Revisit time
(days)
Band 10 TIR 1 (TIR)
10.6 to 11.19
100
185
Band 11 TIR 2 (TIR)
11.5 to 12.51
100
185
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