Earth Observing Landsat 5 Turns 25 Years Old
Still observing the Earth after 25 years—22 beyond its three-year primary mission lifetime—Landsat 5 collects valuable scientific data daily. Some attribute the satellite's longevity to over-engineering. Others say it's a long run of good luck. Whatever the reason, no one who attended the satellite's March 1984 launch could have expected it would still be working today.
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Credits
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
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Writers
- Kathryn Hansen (SSAI)
- Laura Rocchio (SSAI)
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Video editor
- Andrew Freeberg (NASA/GSFC)
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Scientist
- Darrel Williams (NASA/GSFC)
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Producers
- Andrew Freeberg (NASA/GSFC)
- Laura Rocchio (SSAI)
- Mike Taylor (SSAI)
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Narrator
- Laura Motel (UMBC)
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Videographer
- Andrew Freeberg (NASA/GSFC)
Missions
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Landsat 5 Turns 25
(ID: 2009014)
Friday, February 27, 2009 at 5:00AM
Produced by - Andy Acuna
Datasets used in this visualization
Landsat-5 (Collected with the TM sensor)
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