Platform
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.
Launch date: 15/04/1999
Status/projected mission lifetime: 5 years +
Orbit parameters: near circular
Nominal altitude: 705 km
Orbit type: near-polar, sun-synchronous
Inclination: 98.2 degrees
Repeat period: 16 days
Equatorial crossing time: 10.00 local time (descending node)
Swath width: 183 km
Resolution: 15 - 60 m
Special features: Panchromatic band, thermal band with 2 gain settings
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More Information (under review)
Documentation
- NASA Landsat 7 Science Data Users Handbook
Links to further information
- USGS Landsat 7 website
Orbital Parameters
| Launch | 1999-04-15 |
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| Orbit type | Polar, sun-synchronous |
| Orbital period | 98.9 minutes |
| Repeat period | 16 days |
| Altitude | 705km |
| Inclination | 98.2 degrees |
| Equator Crossing time | Nominally 10 AM (± 15 min.) local time (descending node) |
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Related Documents
| USGS Landsat 7 website |
| NASA Science Data Users Handbook |
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