{"ob_id":8256,"uuid":"385d8284709749b9a29d33c07670c4fd","title":"Landsat 7","abstract":"Landsat 7 was launched as a continuation of the Landsat programme on 15th April 1999 and is still operational as of July 2014. A three-axis attitude control subsystem stabilizes the satellite and keeps the instrument pointed toward Earth to within 0.05 degrees. The LANDSAT World-Wide-Reference system catalogues the worlds land mass into 57,784 scenes, each 115 miles (183 kilometres) wide by 106 miles (170 kilometres) long.\r\n\r\nLaunch date:  15/04/1999\r\nStatus/projected mission lifetime:  5 years +\r\nOrbit parameters:  near circular\r\nNominal altitude:  705 km\r\nOrbit type:\t near-polar, sun-synchronous\r\nInclination:  98.2 degrees\r\nRepeat period:  16 days\r\nEquatorial crossing time:  10.00 local time (descending node)\r\nSwath width:  183 km\r\nResolution:  15 - 60 m \r\nSpecial features:  Panchromatic band, thermal band with 2 gain settings","keywords":"","identifier_set":["https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/identifiers/5311/?format=json"],"platformType":"satellite","parentPlatform":[],"childPlatform":[],"responsiblepartyinfo_set":["https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/33222/?format=json","https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/33221/?format=json","https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/108967/?format=json","https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/108968/?format=json","https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/rpis/108969/?format=json"]}