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2004 marks the 20th
anniversary of operations of the 'workhorse' satellite, Landsat 5.
Landsat 5, launched on March 1, 1984, continues to provide important
observations of the landmass of the planet and has established a record
for reliability in the civilian space fleet.
When Landsat 5
was launched from Vandenberg Air Base in California, expectations were for
two years of effective operations, with a goal of three years of data
collections. Instead, after over 100,000 orbits and the acquisition of
over 29 million images, Landsat 5 continues to operate
successfully.
In our Landsat Showcase, we have used some of these
images to show how the some of the world's cities have changed and
developed and to show just how Landsat 5 continues to provide records of a
changing world.
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