The first Landsat series satellite was launched by NASA in the summer of 1972 with the aim of tracking changes in the Earth's ...

The first of the Landsat series of satellites was launched by the U.S. Department of the Interior in 1972. The program was a direct outgrowth of the use of hand-held Hasselblad cameras by the ...

The country supports some of the world’s most important satellites. But experts worry about its proximity to Russia.

Your Name In Landsat. Type in a text string, and it will spell it out in Earth features seen by the imaging satellites, that resemble letters. Endless fun can be had by all, as the random geology ...

An ancient impact structure in remote northern Australia was recently spotted by one of NASA's Earth-observing satellite ...

While the world frets over deforestation and desertification, Andalusia’s forests have expanded over the last 30 years, ...

Deep in Peru’s Amazon rainforest, drug traffickers have been building illegal airstrips on protected and indigenous lands. Finding these hidden strips across millions of acres of dense jungle ...

Polar orbits are favoured for their ability to map the entire Earth’s surface over time, making them critical for weather ...

The needleleaf index utilizes specific infrared bands from Landsat satellites, allowing researchers to distinguish coniferous forests from other vegetation types with high accuracy. This approach ...

Satellites encircling the Earth collect a bounty of water data about our planet, yet distilling usable information from these sources about our oceans, lakes, rivers and streams can be a challenge.