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The Living Legacy of Landsat 7: Still Going Strong after 20 Years in Orbit
The twentieth anniversary of the launch of Landsat 7 on April 15, 1999, is an opportune time to retrace the history leading to modern Earth science data acquisition and use. This article in the July-August 2019 issue of The Earth Observer provides a retrospective, with some insight into why Landsat 7 was a key player in Earth science and related technical endeavors, and how its mission has informed Earth system science to this day. It discusses some of the scientific and technology bases for the Landsat program generally and Landsat 7 specifically, and points out ways in which Landsat 7 crossed organizational boundaries to ensure the best scientific return.
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https://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/eo_pdfs/Jul_Aug_2019_final_color_508_0.pdf
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