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Earth Observing-1

NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) was the first New Millennium Program mission, an Earth-orbit technology demonstrator that tested advanced spacecraft systems and land-imaging instruments while returning paired scenes with Landsat 7.

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EO-1Earth Observing 1Earth Orbiter 1
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Earth Observing-1
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NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) was the first New Millennium Program mission, an Earth-orbit technology demonstrator that tested advanced spacecraft systems and land-imaging instruments while returning paired scenes with Landsat 7.
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EO-1 launched on November 21, 2000, demonstrated six advanced spacecraft technologies and three new land-imaging instruments in sun-synchronous orbit, and produced Earth-observation data that informed later lower-cost Landsat-type missions.
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2000-11-21
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August 14, 2026 at 18:40:50 UTC
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August 14, 2026 at 18:40:50 UTC

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