NASA-USGS Landsat 6 Earth Observation Spacecraft
Earth-observation spacecraft launched in 1993 as the only commercial Landsat launch; it failed to achieve orbit and was lost at launch, providing lessons for later missions.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Landsat 6Landsat-6Landsat 6 satelliteLandsat 6 spacecraft
- Family Name
- Landsat 6
- Full Name
- NASA-USGS Landsat 6 Earth Observation Spacecraft
- Roles
- earth_observationresearch
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- Earth-observation spacecraft launched in 1993 as the only commercial Landsat launch; it failed to achieve orbit and was lost at launch, providing lessons for later missions.
- First Flight Year
- 1,993
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/landsat-6/
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- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 06:06:39 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 06:06:39 UTC