Landsat
a U.S. scientific satellite that studies and photographs the earth's surface by using remote-sensing techniques.
Origin of Landsat
1- Formerly Earth Resources Technology Satellite .
Words Nearby Landsat
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How to use Landsat in a sentence
More than a million images of Earth have been acquired by the Landsat satellites.
Deserts | A. S. WalkerLandsat acquires digital data that are converted into an image.
Deserts | A. S. WalkerRocks containing limonite, a hydrous iron oxide, may be identified readily from Landsat Multispectral Scanner data.
Deserts | A. S. WalkerIn 1972, the United States launched the first of a group of unmanned satellites collectively known as Landsat.
Deserts | A. S. WalkerLandsat satellites carry sensors that record “light,” or portions of the electromagnetic spectrum, as it reflects off the Earth.
Deserts | A. S. Walker
Scientific definitions for Landsat
[ lănd′săt′ ]
Any of various satellites used to gather data for images of the Earth's land surface and coastal regions. These satellites are equipped with sensors that respond to Earth-reflected sunlight and infrared radiation. The first Landsat satellite was launched in 1972. Currently, the seventh satellite (Landsat 7) is orbiting Earth.
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