Landsat Instruments- Key Technical Summary

LANDSAT-7

EMT+ (Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus)

Whiskbroom scanning radiometer

LAUNCH DATE

April 15, 1999

MISSION PARAMETERS

Cycle Days: 16
Orbit Type: Sunsynchronous, near polar
Orbit Altitude: 705 km
Orbit Period: 99 min

INSTRUMENT PARAMETERS

Bands: 8
Swath: 185km
Spatial Resolution: 15m, 30m, 60m
Temporal Resolution: 16 days
Radiometric Resolution: 9 bit(8 bit transmitted)
Frequency: –
Antenna look direction: –

DATA DELIVERY

L1, L1T, L1GT(ortho rectified dataset), multiple

LANDSAT-8

OLI (Operational Land Imager)

Whiskbroom scanning radiometer

LAUNCH DATE

February 11, 2013

MISSION PARAMETERS

Cycle Days: 16`x
Orbit Type: Sunsynchronous, near polar
Orbit Altitude: 705 km
Orbit Period: 99 min

INSTRUMENT PARAMETERS

Bands: 11
Swath: 185km
Spatial Resolution: 15m, 30m
Temporal Resolution: 16 days
Radiometric Resolution: 12 bits
Frequency: –
Antenna look direction: –

DATA DELIVERY

L1T(ortho corrected), L1GT(geometrically corrected)

LANDSAT-8

TIRS (Thermal Infrared Sensors)

Quantum Well Infra-Red Photodetector- pushbroom instrument

LAUNCH DATE

February 11, 2013

MISSION PARAMETERS

Cycle Days: 16`x
Orbit Type: Sunsynchronous, near polar
Orbit Altitude: 705 km
Orbit Period: 99 min

INSTRUMENT PARAMETERS

Bands: 11
Swath: 185km
Spatial Resolution: 100m
Temporal Resolution: 16 days
Radiometric Resolution: 12 bits
Frequency: –
Antenna look direction: –

DATA DELIVERY

L1T(ortho corrected), L1GT(geometrically corrected)