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Platforms > Space-based Platforms > Earth Observation Satellites > Landsat > LANDSAT-5

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LANDSAT-5  

Definition

  • Landsat 5 is the fifth satellite of the Landsat program. It was launched on March 1st, 1984, with the primary goal of providing a global archive of satellite photos. The Landsat Program is managed by USGS, and data from Landsat 5 is collected and distributed from the USGS's Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS). Landsat 5 has significantly exceeded its designed life expectancy, and has a maximum transmission bandwidth of 85 Mbit/s. It was deployed at an altitude of 705.3 km, a lower orbit than Landsat 4. It takes some 16 days to scan the entire Earth. The satellite is an identical copy of Landsat 4 and was originally intended as a backup - it therefore carries the same instruments, including the Thematic Mapper and Multi-Spectral Scanner. The Multi-Spectral Scanner was powered down in 1995. [Summary provided by NASA.] Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: LANDSAT-5 Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites Short_Name: LANDSAT-5 End_Group Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments Short_Name: MSS Short_Name: TM End_Group Group: Orbit Orbit_Altitude: 705 km Orbit_Inclination: 98.2 degree Equator_Crossing: 9:45 AM (± 15 min.) local time (descending node) Period: 99 minutes Repeat_Cycle: 16 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-5/ Online_Resource: https://www.usgs.gov/land-resources/nli/landsat/landsat-5 Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Date: 1984-03-01 Launch_Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA Primary_Sponsor: NASA Primary_Sponsor: USGS End_Group End_Group (en)

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Entry terms

  • LANDSAT-5 (LAND REMOTE-SENSING SATELLITE-5) (en)

Change note

  • 2016-06-09 11:32:33.0 [epneff] added altLabel insert AltLabel (id: null text: LANDSAT-5 (LAND REMOTE-SENSING SATELLITE-5) language code: en);
  • 2019-12-31 16:37:11.0 [sritz] update Definition (Landsat 5 is the fifth satellite of the Landsat program. It was launched on March 1st, 1984, with the primary goal of providing a global archive of satellite photos. The Landsat Program is managed by USGS, and data from Landsat 5 is collected and distributed from the USGS's Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS). Landsat 5 has significantly exceeded its designed life expectancy, and has a maximum transmission bandwidth of 85 Mbit/s. It was deployed at an altitude of 705.3 km, a lower orbit than Landsat 4. It takes some 16 days to scan the entire Earth. The satellite is an identical copy of Landsat 4 and was originally intended as a backup - it therefore carries the same instruments, including the Thematic Mapper and Multi-Spectral Scanner. The Multi-Spectral Scanner was powered down in 1995. [Summary provided by NASA.] Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: LANDSAT-5 Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites Short_Name: LANDSAT-5 End_Group Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments Short_Name: MSS Short_Name: TM End_Group Group: Orbit Orbit_Altitude: 705 km Orbit_Inclination: 98.2 degree Equator_Crossing: 9:45 AM (± 15 min.) local time (descending node) Period: 99 minutes Repeat_Cycle: 16 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-5/ Online_Resource: https://www.usgs.gov/land-resources/nli/landsat/landsat-5 Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Date: 1984-03-01 Launch_Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA Primary_Sponsor: NASA Primary_Sponsor: USGS End_Group End_Group); update Definition (https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/landsat-5/); delete Resource (null);
  • 2021-07-23 16:59:49.0 [sritz] insert AltLabel (id: null category: primary text: LANDSAT-5 language code: en);

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/fe920fff-7852-42cf-b1dc-b2223b24cf2e

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