Landsat 5
Landsat 5 launched on March 1, 1984 carrying the Multispectral Scanner and Thematic Mapper. Designed for three years, it supplied Earth imagery for nearly 29 years, helping establish a consistent record of land use, vegetation, water and environmental change across decades. The satellite was decommissioned on June 5, 2013. Its long overlap with later missions supports comparisons across generations of Landsat observations.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Earth Resources Technology Satellite-D primeLandsat V
- Name
- Landsat 5
- Status
- completed
Details
- Astronauts
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- Description
- Landsat 5 launched on March 1, 1984 carrying the Multispectral Scanner and Thematic Mapper. Designed for three years, it supplied Earth imagery for nearly 29 years, helping establish a consistent record of land use, vegetation, water and environmental change across decades. The satellite was decommissioned on June 5, 2013. Its long overlap with later missions supports comparisons across generations of Landsat observations.
- Destination
- Polar, sun-synchronous orbit at 705 km (98.2° inclination) for multispectral land imaging, agriculture, water resources, and environmental monitoring
- End Date
- 2013-06-05
- Launch Site
- Programs
- Start Date
- 1984-03-01
- Vehicle Families
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/landsat-5/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 22:14:34 UTC
- Updated Time
- October 29, 2026 at 15:09:11 UTC
Other
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- Space Stations
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- Vehicles