Home
Database
EO Handbook
Missions
Table
Index
Instruments
Table
Index
Measurements
Overview
Timelines
Other
Agencies
Site Search
CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- Landsat 7
-
Full Name
Landsat 7
aka L7, Landsat-7
Status
Currently being flown
Mission Agencies
USGS
,
NASA
Launch Date
17 Apr 1999
Mission Links
mission site
|
mission site
|
data access portal
EOL Date
Jan 2017
EO Portal Info
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
98.9 minutes
Orbit Sense
Descending
Orbit Inclination
98.2 deg
Orbit Altitude
705 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
10:05
Repeat Cycle
16 days
Objectives and Applications
5-year nominal mission life, currently in extended operations. Earth resources, land surface, environmental monitoring, agriculture and forestry, disaster monitoring and assessment, ice and snow cover.
Mission Measurements
Category
Parameter
Instrument(s)
Atmosphere
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature
ETM+
Radiation budget
ETM+
Land
Albedo and reflectance
ETM+
Landscape topography
ETM+
Vegetation
ETM+
Surface temperature (land)
ETM+
Multi-purpose imagery (land)
ETM+
Ocean
Multi-purpose imagery (ocean)
ETM+
Snow & Ice
Snow cover, edge and depth
ETM+
Sea ice cover, edge and thickness
ETM+
Mission Instruments
ETM+ - Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus
Copyright
CEOS
|
About
Researched and written by
Symbios