167K views · 2.3K reactions | What is a satellite 'underfly'? ️ Early in its mission life, #Landsat 9 flew directly under Landsat 8, and the two imaged Earth simultaneously. This allowed scientists to cross-calibrate the instruments, ensuring accurate and consistent data for long-term Earth observation. | Landsat | Facebook

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Landsat 8: 5-Year Anniversary

3.4K views · 153 reactions | Landsat's Next Chapter With a trio of smaller satellites that can each detect 26 wavelengths of light, the Landsat Next mission is expected to look very different from its predecessors that have been observing Earth for 50 years. This new plan for Landsat Next, a joint mission of NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey, is designed to provide more frequent, and finer resolution, data of the changing surface of Earth. | Landsat | Facebook

13K views · 96 reactions | Happy launch-iversary to #Landsat 8! ️ Launched on this day in 2013, LDCM—later renamed Landsat 8—continued the decades-long mission of observing Earth from space, helping monitor agriculture, urban heat islands, water quality, coastal change & more.  https://go.nasa.gov/493t9BR | Landsat | Facebook