Landsat 1
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landsat-1-277-16787954
title:
Landsat 1
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Landsat 1 (LS-1), formerly named ERTS-A and ERTS-1, was the first satellite of the United States' Landsat program. It was a modified version of the Nimbus 4 meteorological satellite and was launched on July 23, 1972, by a Delta 900 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. It was the first satellite to carry a Multispectral Scanner. The near-polar orbiting spacecraft served as a stabilized, Earth-oriented platform for obtaining information on agricultural and forestry resources, geol
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First satellite of the United States' Landsat program, active 1972–78
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landsat_1
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2024-04-09T12:58:14Z
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