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January 19-21, 2010 - Landsat Science Team Meeting #7 was held January 19-21, 2010, at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. Status reports and perspectives on current and future missions were presented, and a number of Landsat Science Team members provided updates to their areas of research. Read More...

October 27-29, 2009 - Landsat Data Products Workshop was held at Boston University, MA. Workshop goals were to: (1) Define a set of Landsat-based products of general use and interest to the community, (2) determine "best practices" (algorithms and such) for production, (3) determine "best practices" for their testing and validation, and (4) pursue support for product implementation. Read More...

June 22-24, 2009 - The Landsat Science Team meeting was held at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Center for Imaging Science in Rochester, New York. LDCM development was discussed, and status reports of Landsat 5 and 7 operations were presented. Read More...

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January 28, 2010 - Calibration update to ETM+ thermal band
Effective January 1, 2010, the calibration of the ETM+ thermal band was modified to correct for a lifetime gain error detected by the vicarious calibration teams. Changes were made to the Calibration Parameter File (CPF) to correct a gain error that has been present since the launch of the instrument. Read More...

January 15, 2010 - Landsat 5 returns to operations
Landsat 5 has continued to downlink data successfully. Data is available for order and download beginning with acquisitions on January 10, 2010.

January 7, 2010 - Landsat 5 Transmits Data
Today, on January 7, 2010, the U.S. Geological Survey ground station at Sioux Falls, South Dakota successfully conducted a test to collect data from Landsat 5. Continued testing is planned for the next several days, downlinking additional data to Sioux Falls and international sites. The EarthNow! site (earthnow.usgs.gov) displayed the data as they were acquired. Read More...



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