Lockheed Martin marks Landsat 40th anniversary
Submit on Monday, July 23rd, 2012 22:51
Forty years ago today, the Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) – later renamed Landsat – was launched. Five more Landsat spacecraft would reach orbit during the next 27 years. All were launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base into near-polar orbits allowing them to image the entire Earth, one slice at a time, as it rotated below.
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