This computation involved: DETAILS NEEDED - COMPUTATION CREATED FOR SATELLITE COMPOSITE. deployed on Landsat 5. A nearly identical satellite to Landsat 4, Landsat 5 was launched as part of the Landsat programme in March 1984 and was operational until June 2013. As Landsat 4, it carried Thematic Mapper (TM) and MultiSpectral Scanner (MSS) instruments.

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<div class="introduction">Introduction</div>
<p>A nearly identical satellite to <a href="http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/neodc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__obs_1166434398911875">Landsat 4</a>, Landsat 5 was launched as part of the <a href="http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/badc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__obs_1162915349689422">Landsat programme</a> in March 1984 and was operational until June 2013 – the longest Earth-observing satellite mission at the time. As <a href="http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/neodc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__obs_1166434398911875">Landsat 4</a>, it carried <a href="http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/neodc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__DPT_a14c2560-1bd6-11e4-b8e3-00163e251233">Thematic Mapper (TM)</a> and <a href="http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/neodc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__DPT_a2571ba6-1bd4-11e4-b4b1-00163e251233">MultiSpectral Scanner (MSS)</a> instruments.</p>
<h3>Orbital Parameters</h3>
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<th>Launch</th>
<td>1984-03-01</td>
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<th>Orbit type</th>
<td>Sun-synchronous, near-polar</td>
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<th>Orbital period</th>
<td>99 minutes</td>
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<th>Repeat period</th>
<td>16 days</td>
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<th>Altitude</th>
<td>705km</td>
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<th>Inclination</th>
<td>98.2 degrees</td>
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<th>Swath Width</th>
<td>185 km (115 mi)</td>
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