Landsat 8 Satellite Images

Newly acquired landsat 7 and landsat 8 scenes become available for download typically less than 12 hours after data acquisition.

Landsat 8 satellite images. Snow capped mountain peaks forests farmland and fog highlight the picturesque view of new zealand s north island. Landsat 8 is the most recently launched landsat satellite and carries the operational land imager oli and the thermal infrared sensor tirs instruments. One of the strategies the calibration engineers use is lunar calibration. The landsat 8 satellite collects images of the entire earth every 16 days.

Each range is called a band and landsat 8 has 11 bands. As probably the most accurate earth imaging satellite system landsat has multiple ways of calibrating data to ensure its accuracy and interoperability with other satellites. It is collecting valuable data and imagery used in agriculture education business science and government. Satellite imaging corporation specializes in high quality satellite imagery products.

The data collected by the instruments on board the satellite are available for free download at glovis earthexplorer or through the landsatlook viewer within 24 hours of receipt can be requested through the pages of the united states geological survey usgs. This gallery includes all landsat images published on the earth observatory visible earth and landsat science web sites from all seven landsat satellites landsats 1 8 landsat 6 failed to achieve orbit. And when you look up to see it so will landsat 8. The scene was downloaded on march 9th 2020 one of over 29 000 landsat scenes downloaded worldwide that day.

Landsat 8 formally the landsat data continuity mission ldcm was launched on an atlas v rocket from vandenberg air force base california on february 11 2013. This landsat 8 image from may 24th 2017 shows an enthralling new zealand landscape. Satellite images produced by the landsat 8 satellite sensor. Landsat 8 measures different ranges of frequencies along the electromagnetic spectrum a color although not necessarily a color visible to the human eye.

Landsat 8 launched on february 11 2013 landsat 8 formerly the landsat data continuity mission ldcm is the most recently launched landsat satellite. The next full moon will come on september 2 2020. On the earthexplorer data sets tab level 1 scenes can be found under the landsat category landsat collection 1 level 1 subcategory as shown in the image below. But this scene is special.

All of the images are in the public domain and may be used with attribution.