Landsat 5 International Ground Station (IGS) Documentation
Landsat Ground Segment to International Ground Segment (IGS) Interface Control Document.
LS-ICD-60. Version 1.0. April 2007. - .pdf (722 KB)
Landsat Metadata Description Document (LMDD).
LS-DIR-05. Version 2.0. .xls (1.09 MB)
L5 Bumper Mode Scan Alignment Description.
5 June 2006. Response to LTWG#15 action item #11. - .pdf (16 KB)
This is a description of the additional scan alignment that is done on L5 bumper mode data before generation of browse imagery. It is in response to an action item from the LTWG#15 meeting in Kiruna, Sweden.
Landsat Ground Station (GS) Identifiers.
LS-IC-04. Version 4.0, August 2007. - .pdf (45.P KB)
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)/Landsat 5 (L5) Downlink Authorization Policy.
LS-IC-03. Version 4.0 (final). February 2004. - .pdf (63.3 KB)
This document establishes and records the requirements to begin or halt the downlinking of Landsat 5 image data to the International Ground Stations (IGSs).
The document also describes the information necessary to define reception boundaries and operating constraints of the IGSs.
Earlier versions of this document were published under the document number LFO-5.009.
Landsat 5 International Ground Stations (IGS) Interface Control Document (ICD).
LS-ICD-41. Version 6.0 (final). October 2005. - .pdf (301 KB)
This document establishes and defines the requirements and communications protocol for the scheduling of image data downlinks from the Landsat 5 satellite.
It outlines the downlink planning process and specifies the format and content of the various message exchanges.
Earlier versions of this document were published under the number GS-IRS-10001.
Landsat 5 (L5) International Ground Station (IGS) Operations Procedures For Acquisition Of Data To Populate The United States Landsat Data Archive.
LS-IC-02. Version 1.0 (final), February 2004. - .pdf (164 KB)
This document is applicable to Landsat 5 IGSs that acquire data and send it to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) archive.
It defines and describes the procedures used to acquire, ship, ingest, transcribe, archive, and process the data.
It also includes the certification plan for stations providing data to the USGS national archive.
Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) Raw Computer Compatible (RCC) Data Format Control Book (DFCB).
LS-DFCB-06. Version 3.0. November 2006. - .pdf (29 KB)
This DFCB provides the USGS and the Landsat IGSs with a clear and concise reference document to assist in the generation, archival, validation, and exchange of Landsat TM RCC data.
Landsat D Data Format Control Book Volume V - Payload. LS-DFCB-07 (final).
31 July 1981. - .pdf (10.6 MB)
This document describes the payload data for the TM and the MSS of the Landsat 4 and 5 satellites.
Landsat To Ground Station Interface Description. LS-ICD-43.
Revision 9 (final). January 1986. - .pdf (15.6 MB)
This document contains a description of the space to ground link between Landsat 5 and the receiving ground station.
It also describes the attitude and ephemeris data, navigational data, MSS and TM specifications, telemetry format, mission format telemetry, and onboard computer reports.
It contains MSS and TM data processing constants, TM midscan correction summary, a discussion on sensor alignment, and TM thermal band radiometric calibration. If there is a discrepancy between this document and the other documents on this page, the other documents shall be considered correct.
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