NASA | Earth Observing Landsat 5 Turns 25 Years Old
On March 1, the Earth-observing Landsat 5 satellite celebrated 25 years in orbit. Twenty-two years beyond its primary mission lifetime, Landsat 5 is still going strong, making it a keystone of the 37-year Landsat Program. Among Landsat 5's many scientific uses, it has charted urban growth in Las Vegas, monitored fire scars in Yellowstone National Park, and tracked the retreat of a Greenland glacier. Data from the satellite turns up frequently in scientific literature, and should continue to do so, particularly now that the images are available free of charge or copyright.
Tags
Comments
Leave a Comment
Comments are loading... If you don't see any, be the first to comment!
Related Videos
5 Years of Landsat 8
NASA Goddard
NASA | Landsat - From the Archives
NASA Goddard
NASA | Landsat: Making a Difference, One User At A Time
NASA Goddard
Everglades National Park - Hole-in-the-Donut: Progress through 2018
National Parks Service
NASA | When Trees Fall, Landsat Maps Them
NASA Goddard
NASA | Landsat 8 Celebrates First Year in Orbit
NASA Goddard
Landsat 9: Continuing the Legacy Promo
NASA Goddard
Landsat 9 At Work
NASA Goddard
NASA | Best of
NASA Goddard
NASA | From the River to the Sea
NASA Goddard