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
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Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments
Short_Name: MSS
Short_Name: TM
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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
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Creation_Date: 2007-02-01
Online_Resource: http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/L5_td.html
Sample_Image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Landsat5.jpg/260px-Landsat5.jpg
Group: Platform_Logistics
Launch_Date: 1984-03-01
Launch_Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA
Primary_Sponsor: NASA
Primary_Sponsor: USGS
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