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Satellite:
Landsat-3
Satellite details
Acronym
Landsat-3
Full name
Landsat-3
Satellite Description
3rd flight unit of the LandSat programme.
Main mission: land observation.
Mass at launch
Dry mass
960 kg
Power
515 W
Data access link
no link provided
Data access information
Real-time data are available at appointed acquisition stations.
Off-line data are available from the USGS EROS DataCenter.
Free-access data are available from the EDC by Internet.
For details, see http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/where.html .
Orbit
Sunsynchronous orbit
Altitude
915 km
ECT
10:00 desc
Space agency
USGS
, NASA
Status
Inactive
Details on Status (as
available)
Launch
05 Mar 1978
EOL
31 Mar 1983
Last update:
2015-07-28
Associated satellite programme and related satellites
Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational ,
blue tag : future
Satellite Payload
All known Instruments flying on
Landsat-3
Acronym
Full name
DCS
Data Collection System
MSS
Multi-Spectral Scanner
RBV
Return-Beam Vidicon camera
Show instrument status and calibration
Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
Landsat-3
* The information in this field is estimated or assumed