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Happy 25th Birthday, Landsat 5!  On March 1, 1984, Landsat 5 launched onboard a Delta 3920 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. With a design life of 3 years, Landsat 5 has far exceeded its planned mission and continues to provide high-quality data for research around the world.
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January 6-8, 2009 - Landsat Science Team meeting was held in Fort Collins, CO. In addition to status reports on LDCM development and Landsat 5 and 7 operations, the meeting focused on technical issues associated with future Landsat data products and requirements for future missions. Read More...

July 15-17, 2008 - Landsat Science Team Meeting
A status review of Landsat 5 and 7 satellites and Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) development progress were the primary topics of discussion at the latest meeting held at USGS Headquarters in Reston, Virginia July 15-17, 2008. Science and applications results from members' research activities were also presented. Read more...

May 2, 2008 - Request For Information: Satellite Ground Station Services for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM)
The Department of Interior (DOI), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Sioux Falls, SD seeks information and capability statements for a "Satellite Ground Station Services for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM)." Read more...

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February 9-13, 2009 - Landsat Technical Working Group (LTWG#18) Meeting
The Landsat Technical Working Group (LTWG#18) meeting was held in Maspalomas, Spain, February 9-13, 2009. The meeting was jointly organized by the USGS and NASA and was hosted by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Spanish Space Agency Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA). Read more...

January 9, 2009 - USGS announcement: Opening the Landsat Archive
Electronic access to the entire USGS Landsat 7 archive, enabling users to download standard-format scenes at no charge, has been an amazing success, with over 225,000 scenes downloaded since October 1st. Previously acquired imagery from Landsat 1 through Landsat 5, is also now available for download at no charge using the same standard processing format. Read more...

September 15-19, 2008 - LGSOWG-37 Meeting with International Cooperators
The Landsat Ground Station Operators Working Group (LGSOWG-37) meeting was organized by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and hosted by the Center for Earth Observation and Digital Earth (CEODE), Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai, China, September 15-19, 2008. Read more...

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Special Edition Landsat Update now available

Volume 3 Issue 1 2009 now available

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Cancun, Mexico

Acquisition Date: April 17, 2001
Path: 18
Row: 45
Lat: 21.166
Long: -86.831

Cancun is located off the northeast point of Mexico\'s Yucatan Peninsula, in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. The average temperature is 27 degrees C (80 degrees F), with more than 240 days of sunshi...

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Cancun, Mexico

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