The Land Satellite (Landsat) System Earth Observation Satellite Company (EOSAT's) Plans For Landsat-6 And Beyond

Jack Engel

doi:10.1117/12.938584

25 November 1986 The Land Satellite (Landsat) System Earth Observation Satellite Company (EOSAT's) Plans For Landsat-6 And Beyond

Jack Engel

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Proceedings Volume 0660, Earth Remote Sensing Using the Landsat Thermatic Mapper and SPOT Sensor Systems; (1986) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.938584
Event: 1986 International Symposium/Innsbruck, 1986, Innsbruck, Austria

Abstract

This paper describes EOSAT's (The Earth Observation Satellite Company), plans for operating the Landsat System in the Landsat-6,7 era, (1985 to 1995). The paper will provide background information relative to EOSAT, and an overview of the planned configurations of both the space segment (Spacecraft and Enhanced Thematic Mapper), and the ground segment (Space-craft Operations Center, Data Capture Site, EOSAT Processing Center) for Landsats 6 and 7. The planned enhancements to the Landsat-6/7 Thematic Mappers will be described in some detail including the implementation of a Panchromatic Band of detectors providing 15m spatial resolution on both ETM sensors, and the possible inclusion on the Landsat-7 ETM of as many as five bands of thermal detectors with 120/60 meter spatial resolution.

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Jack Engel "The Land Satellite (Landsat) System Earth Observation Satellite Company (EOSAT's) Plans For Landsat-6 And Beyond", Proc. SPIE 0660, Earth Remote Sensing Using the Landsat Thermatic Mapper and SPOT Sensor Systems, (25 November 1986); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.938584

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