Landsat5 is a polar orbiting platform onboard which is mounted a Thematic Mapper (TM) and Multispectral Scanner (MSS) Instruments.

Launch date 3/1/1984
Status / projected mission lifetime 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 (Landsat 5, descending node)
Swath width 183 km