Landsat 7

active Mission
Illustration of the Landsat 7satellite with its solar wing extended as it scans Earth below.

Landsat 7 continued the long-term Earth observation Landsat program begun in 1972. Landsat 7 was a joint project between NASA, NOAA, and the US Geological Survey to obtain continuous high-resolution imagery of the Earth's surface.

Type

Orbiter

Launch

April 15, 1999

Target

Earth

Objective

Image Earth's surface
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