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s funding for the Landsat program ran out and NOAA directed that Landsats 4 and 5 be shut down... The value of the Landsat program was recognized by Congress in October 1992 when it passed the...

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Landsat 7, launched in 1999, is the most recent addition to the Landsat program. | | Landsat 7 | Earth | Landsat 7 | April 15 | 1999 | agriculture | cartography | geology | forestry | regional planning | surveillance | education | national security | spatial resolutions | Hughes | Pioneer spacecraft | solar system | President of the United States | Jimmy Carter | NASA | NOAA | Hughes Aircraft | RCA | A simulated-color satellite image of Kolkata taken on NASA's Landsat 7 satellite. | | Kolkata | United States Congress | October 5 | 1993 | April 15 | 1999 | Landsat 1 | July 23 | 1972 | Landsat 2 | January 22 | 1975 | Landsat 3 | March 5 | 1978 | Landsat 4 | July 16 | 1982 | Landsat 5 | March 1 | 1984 | Landsat 6 | October 5 | 1993 | Landsat 7 | April 15 | 1999 | This false-color composite (processed to simulate true color) image of the island of Hawaii was constructed from data gathered between 1999 and 2001 by the Enhanced Thematic Mapper plus (ETM+) instrument, flying aboard the Landsat 7 satellite. The Landsat data were processed by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to develop a landcover map. The black areas on the island (in this scene) that resemble a pair of sun-baked palm fronds are hardened lava flows formed by the active Mauna Loa Volcano. Just to the north of Mauna Loa is the dormant grayish Mauna Kea Volcano, which hasn’t erupted in an estimated 3,500 years. A thin greyish plume of smoke is visible near the island’s southeastern shore, rising from Kilauea—the most active volcano on Earth. Heavy rainfall and fertile volcanic soil have given rise to Hawaii’s lush tropical forests, which appear as solid dark green areas in the image. The light green, patchy areas near the coasts are likely sugar cane plantations, pineapple farms, and human settlements. | | Hawaii | Mauna Loa | Mauna Kea | Kilauea | invar | Ni | Au | brazed | truss | secondary mirror | Be | SPOT | CCD | Focal Plane | Vandenburg AFB | fiber optic | silver | magnesium | Remote sensing | TerraLook | Wikimedia Commons | Project Gutenberg | v | Landsat 5 | Landsat 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) | Landsat 7 mission patch | v | d | remote sensing | Earth orbit | Earth observation satellite | Geographic information system (GIS) | Weather satellite | Earth Observing
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