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Platforms > Space-based Platforms > Earth Observation Satellites > Landsat > LANDSAT-3

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LANDSAT-3  

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  • Landsat 3 is the third satellite of the Landsat program. It was launched on March 5th, 1978, with the primary goal of providing a global archive of satellite photos. Unlike later Landsats, Landsat 3 was managed solely by NASA. Landsat 3 is no longer in operation, due to technical failure. It finally ceased transmission on March 21st 1983, far beyond its designed life expectancy of one year. Landsat 3 had essentially the same design as Landsat 2. It carried a Multi-Spectral Scanner, which had a maximum 75m resolution. Unlike the previous two Landsat missions a thermal band was built into Landsat 3, but this instrument failed shortly after the satellite was deployed. [2] Landsat 3 was placed into a polar orbit at about 920 kilometers, and took 18 days to cover the entire Earth's surface. [Summary provided by NASA.] Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: LANDSAT-3 Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites Platform_Series_or_Entity: LANDSAT Short_Name: LANDSAT-3 End_Group Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments Short_Name: MSS Short_Name: RBV End_Group Group: Orbit Orbit_Altitude: 900 km Orbit_Inclination: 99.2 degree Equator_Crossing: 9:42 AM mean local time Period: 103 minutes Repeat_Cycle: 18 days Orbit_Type: LEO > Low Earth Orbit > Polar Sun-Synchronous End_Group Creation_Date: 2007-02-01 Online_Resource: https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/landsat-3/ Online_Resource: https://www.usgs.gov/land-resources/nli/landsat/landsat-3 Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Date: 1978-03-05 Launch_Site: Vandenberg AFB Design_Life: 1 Year Primary_Sponsor: NASA Primary_Sponsor: USGS End_Group End_Group (en)

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  • 2019-12-31 16:20:37.0 [sritz] update Definition (Landsat 3 is the third satellite of the Landsat program. It was launched on March 5th, 1978, with the primary goal of providing a global archive of satellite photos. Unlike later Landsats, Landsat 3 was managed solely by NASA. Landsat 3 is no longer in operation, due to technical failure. It finally ceased transmission on March 21st 1983, far beyond its designed life expectancy of one year. Landsat 3 had essentially the same design as Landsat 2. It carried a Multi-Spectral Scanner, which had a maximum 75m resolution. Unlike the previous two Landsat missions a thermal band was built into Landsat 3, but this instrument failed shortly after the satellite was deployed. [2] Landsat 3 was placed into a polar orbit at about 920 kilometers, and took 18 days to cover the entire Earth's surface. [Summary provided by NASA.] Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: LANDSAT-3 Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites Platform_Series_or_Entity: LANDSAT Short_Name: LANDSAT-3 End_Group Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments Short_Name: MSS Short_Name: RBV End_Group Group: Orbit Orbit_Altitude: 900 km Orbit_Inclination: 99.2 degree Equator_Crossing: 9:42 AM mean local time Period: 103 minutes Repeat_Cycle: 18 days Orbit_Type: LEO > Low Earth Orbit > Polar Sun-Synchronous End_Group Creation_Date: 2007-02-01 Online_Resource: https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/landsat-3/ Online_Resource: https://www.usgs.gov/land-resources/nli/landsat/landsat-3 Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Date: 1978-03-05 Launch_Site: Vandenberg AFB Design_Life: 1 Year Primary_Sponsor: NASA Primary_Sponsor: USGS End_Group End_Group); update Definition (https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/landsat-3/); delete Resource (null);
  • 2021-07-23 16:59:05.0 [sritz] insert AltLabel (id: null category: primary text: LANDSAT-3 language code: en);

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