Landsat 5
Landsat 5 was a long-lived Earth-observing mission that continued the Landsat land-imaging record with multispectral scanner and Thematic Mapper observations used for agriculture, forestry, geology, hydrology, cartography, and environmental monitoring.
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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 was a long-lived Earth-observing mission that continued the Landsat land-imaging record with multispectral scanner and Thematic Mapper observations used for agriculture, forestry, geology, hydrology, cartography, and environmental monitoring.
- 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
- August 22, 2026 at 06:56:48 UTC
Other
- Affiliations
- Space Stations
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- Vehicles