May 14, 2012 - Landsat 7 Maneuver to Return to WRS
Landsat 7 maneuvered away from a piece of space debris in mid-April, which meant that some data are outside of the Worldwide Reference System. On Tuesday, May 15, the USGS Flight Operations Team will execute a maneuver that over several weeks will gradually bring Landsat 7 back into the correct orbit. There will be no new acquisitions from Tuesday May 15, through mid-day Wednesday May 16, 2012.
May 8, 2012 - Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper Ceases Routine Acquisitions - Update
After a silent winter, the USGS turned on the Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper (TM) in late April to determine the state of the electronics problem that suspended operations in November, 2011. Unfortunately, several alternate methods of acquisitions did not alleviate the problem, which severely limits any further acquisitions with the TM. Currently, the USGS plans to acquire only a handful of images over the next few weeks as we examine our options.
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April 25, 2012 - Testing the Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper
Plans to test the Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper downlink begin today, April 25, 2012. Data may be visible on the EarthNow! (http://earthnow.usgs.gov) during testing. However, the data will not be available for download by users until completion of analysis and calibration.
April 18, 2012 - Landsat 7 Maneuvers to Avoid Space Debris
More than half a million pieces of space junk are in orbit floating in and around operational missions. In coordination with NASA, the USGS keeps constant vigil to avoid space debris that might collide with the Landsat 5 and 7 satellites. On April 17, 2012, Landsat 7 maneuvered out of the path of a piece of debris that was on a collision course with the spacecraft.
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