Objectives and Applications
Landsat Next will provide higher spatial resolution, more frequent revisit, and twice as many spectral bands as Landsats 8 & 9, to support new and evolving applications such as surface water quality, cryospheric science, geology and agricultural applications including crop management and water consumption.
Full Name
Landsat Next
aka Landsat-Next, LNext
Mission Status
Planned
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
2031
Mission Links
EOL Date
2035
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
98 minutes
Orbit Sense
Descending
Orbit Inclination
98 deg
Orbit Altitude
653 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
10:10
Repeat Cycle
6 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
LandIS - Landsat Next Instrument Suite |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | LandIS |
| Radiation budget | LandIS |
| Land | Albedo and reflectance | LandIS |
| Vegetation | LandIS |
| Surface temperature (land) | LandIS |
| Multi-purpose imagery (land) | LandIS |
| Inland Waters | LandIS |
| Ocean | Ocean colour/biology | LandIS |
| Ocean topography/currents | LandIS |
| Multi-purpose imagery (ocean) | LandIS |
| Snow & Ice | Snow cover, edge and depth | LandIS |
| Sea ice cover, edge and thickness | LandIS |
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