BackForward 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