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Landsat Ground Station Network Map

The map below illustrates the Landsat Ground Network and the active and historical International Cooperator Network ground stations.

Landsat Ground Network stations are located in the United States (Alaska and South Dakota), Australia, Germany and Norway and serve as the primary data acquisition and telemetry, tracking, and control sites for active Landsat missions.

Active International Cooperator Ground Stations are operated by a foreign government or organization that partners with the USGS. Stations in the network directly receive Landsat data during satellite overpasses and support regional acquisition, processing, and distribution and provide contingency data collection capacity to the LGN in the event of a spacecraft anomaly or malfunction.

Historical International Cooperator Ground Stations, while no longer in a formal active partnership with the USGS, have downlinked Landsat data at various points throughout Landsat's more than 50-year mission. Their contributions were also instrumental to the success of the Landsat Global Archive Consolidation (LGAC) initiative, which enabled the recovery and preservation of historically acquired Landsat imagery for inclusion in the USGS archive. Learn more about LGAC here.

Government organizations interested in joining the Landsat International Cooperator Network for direct reception of Landsat 8 and/or Landsat 9 can learn more on the Benefits of Becoming an International Cooperator webpage.

Using this interactive map:

  • Use the "Select Ground Stations" radio buttons above the map to toggle between the different station groups described above.
  • Select the "Show Station Masks" radio button to view each station's data capture area.
  • Scroll down to explore an interactive table displaying ground station details and the Landsat missions they actively or have historically supported.
  • For a broader view of the global Landsat ground station footprint, download the KML file, which includes all active and historical Landsat station locations.

Select Ground Stations



Ground Station Masks

 
Key: Active L8 Stations Active L8 & L9 Stations Historical Stations (5 degree station masks)

Active International Cooperator Ground Stations
Country Organization Ground Station Location Ground Station ID Landsat 8 Landsat 8 Archive
L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L7