Operational
Landsat 8
Landsat 8 captures multispectral imagery used to monitor crops, wildfires, glaciers and urban growth. Its open data is among the most widely used Earth-observation resources in the world.
Technical specifications
CATEGORY
Earth Science
TYPE
Earth Observation
COUNTRY
United States
OPERATOR
NASA · USGS
LAUNCH DATE
Feb 11, 2013
LAUNCH SITE
Vandenberg
ORBIT CLASS
LEO
ALTITUDE · KM
703
ORBITAL PERIOD · MIN
98.83
INCLINATION · DEG
98.23
APOGEE · KM
704
PERIGEE · KM
702
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