What is a satellite 'underfly'? 🛰️ Early in its mission life, #Landsat 9 flew directly under Landsat 8, and the two imaged Earth simultaneously. This allowed scientists to cross-calibrate the instruments, ensuring accurate and consistent data for long-term Earth observation. | Landsat

Landsat Data in the Cloud

15K views · 102 reactions | As the climate of our home planet...

Landsat 8: 5-Year Anniversary

26 reactions | #OTD in 2022, Maxar’s WorldView-3 satellite snapped a sequence of images showing Landsat 8 in orbit. These satellites range between 56 mi(90 km) to 80 mi(130 km) from each other, and were close enough to see one another. Read more at: https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/article/satellite-sees-satellite-landsat-8-in-orbit/ #Landsat8 #Maxar #Worldview | Landsat | Facebook

204 reactions · 996 shares | The Landsat Data Continuity Mission...

3.4K views · 153 reactions | Landsat's Next Chapter With a trio of smaller satellites that can each detect 26 wavelengths of light, the Landsat Next mission is expected to look very different from its predecessors that have been observing Earth for 50 years. This new plan for Landsat Next, a joint mission of NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey, is designed to provide more frequent, and finer resolution, data of the changing surface of Earth. | Landsat | Facebook