Sensor Details
Sensor details
| Sensor Name : | MSS |
| Sensor Description : | Multi Spectral Scanner -(Taken from the USGS site at the link given below) The Landsat Multispectral Scanner (MSS) was a sensor onboard Landsats 1 through 5 and acquired images of the Earth nearly continuously from July 1972 to October 1992, with an 18-day repeat cycle for Landsats 1 through 3 and a 16-day repeat cycle for Landsats 4 and 5. Landsat MSS image data consist of four spectral bands (band designations), although the specific band designations changed between Landsats 1-3 and Landsats 4-5. The resolution for all bands of 79 m, and approximate scene size is 170 km north-south by 185 km east-west (106 mi by 115 miles). Most Landsat MSS data are available as digital products, but for some MSS scenes, data are only available as a high resolution scans of film separates, one for each band. Scanned digital products are distributed as individual GeoTIFF files for each band. See the link below for more information. |
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| Additional Information : | Product description, USGS |
| Platform : | Landsat |
| Description : | The Landsat Project is the longest-running enterprise for acquisition of moderate resolution imagery of the Earth from space. The Landsat 1 satellite was launched in 1972; the most recent, Landsat 7, was launched in 1999. The instruments on the Landsat satellites have acquired millions of images. These images form a unique resource for applications in agriculture, geology, forestry, regional planning, education, mapping, and global change research. |
| Image : |  Landsat 7 as viewed from the sun side. Image acknowledgement |
| Copyright : | © United States Geological Survey (year of capture) |
| Access Constraints : | The AADC may provide Landsat images to anybody on the condition that: 1 they are not passed on to third parties; third parties should contact the AADC for a copy or download a copy from the USGS EarthExplorer website; 2 any product resulting from use of the imagery provided by the AADC includes the acknowledgement below. |
| Acknowledgement : | 'Landsat imagery courtesy of the Australian Antarctic Data Centre. © United States Geological Survey (year of capture)' |