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Abstract

As part of the Landsat programme Landsat 4 was launched in July 1982 and was operational until July 1987. It carried Thematic Mapper (TM) and MultiSpectral Scanner (MSS) instruments.

Launch date 7/16/1982 (TM transmission failed 1993)
Status / projected mission lifetime Landsat 5 project end 30/06/2001
Orbit parameters 99 minutes, 16 day, 233-orbit cycle
Nominal altitude 705 km geo-synchronous
Orbit type Polar, sun-synchronous
Inclination 98.2 °
Repeat period 16 days
Equatorial crossing time 09.45 local time
Swath width 183 km

Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: landsat, satellite

keywords:      landsat, satellite
childPlatform:     
platformType:      satellite
location:      GeographicBoundingBox: Longitude: -180.000 to 180.000; Latitude: 90.000 to -90.000
Previously used record indentifiers:
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/neodc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__obs_1166434398911875

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Coverage
Platform location

 
90.0000°
 
-180.0000°
 
180.0000°
 
-90.0000°