Sensor Summary Fact Sheet for Landsat 8 OLI/TIRS

Collection: Landsat

Description

The Landsat program, originally known as the Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS), was proposed in 1965 by the US Geological Survey(USGS) as a civilian satellite program. NASA started building the first satellite in 1970 and have launched 6 spacecraft successfully (Landsat 6 was lost at launch). In December 2009 all Landsat archive products were made available free to the public on the USGS website.

Owner

USGS

Satellite: Landsat 8

Description	Landsat 8 carries the Operational Land Imager (OLI) and the Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) data recorder. The OLI sensor includes two additional bands compared to previous Landsat missions: a coastal aerosol band and a cirrus cloud band. The TIRS sensor provides data in two bands with different wavelengths and is resampled to 30m from 100m acquisition resolution. All products are provided in the 16-bit data range and have improved radiometric and geometric performance. Landsat 8 is offset from the Landsat 7 orbit by 8 days giving a shorter revisit time between the two satellites.
Reference	http://landsat.usgs.gov/about_ldcm.php
Launch Date	Nov. 2, 2013
Status	Operational
Altitude	705 km
Orbit	km
Revisit Time	16 days

Sensor: OLI/TIRS

Description	Operational Land Imager and Thermal Infrared Scanner Combined
Sensor Type	Optical
Reference System	Worldwide Reference System 2 (WRS2)
Scanner Type	Push Broom Optical Scanner
Swath	185 km
Bands	11
Band Type	Multi-spectral, Panchromatic, Thermal
Spectral Range	430 - 12510 nm
Spatial Resolution	15m; 30m
Quantization	12
Image Size	185 km x 170 km km
Keywords	Landsat 8; OLI; multi-spectral; panchromatic; 15m; 30m; pan-sharpen; TIRS; thermal; 30m resampled; 100m acquired

Yearly catalogue product overview for Landsat 8

2013	2014	2015
3486	210	28