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LANDSAT 8
Land Surface Monitoring · NASA / USGS
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One of the most scientifically valuable satellites ever built, Landsat 8 continues a 50-year data record documenting exactly how ice sheets, forests, cities, and coastlines have changed since 1972. Every image is freely downloadable by anyone on Earth, used by hundreds of thousands of researchers, farmers, and policymakers. Its data continuity is its greatest scientific asset.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 439–440 mi (706–708 km)
- Inclination
- 98.2°
- One orbit
- 98.8 minutes14.6 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 39084
- Int’l designator
- 2013-008A
- Launched
- 2013
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.