Landsat 8 is an Earth observation mission from the Landsat programme of USGS and NASA. It provides free optical and thermal data acquired by the following sensors:
- Operational Land Imager, which captures imagery in the visible, near-infrared, and short-wave infrared portions of the spectrum.
- Thermal Infrared Sensor, which captures heat data in the thermal infrared range.
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![A Landsat 8 image of Laguna de Aculeo (Chile)](/_astro/sample-landsat-8.DPWgvI34_Z1OmBGa.webp)
The geographic coverage is global.
Specification | Description |
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Collection type | Catalog |
Product type | Optical |
System type | Satellite |
Specification | Description |
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Acquisition mode | Mono |
Incidence angle | Up to 75° |
Orbit | Sun-synchronous, at 705 km |
Catalog refresh rate | Every 16 days |
Swath width | 185 km |
Specification | Description |
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Band data | 30 m:- Band 1: 435–451 nm (coastal aerosol)
- Band 2: 452–512 nm (blue)
- Band 3: 533–590 nm (green)
- Band 4: 636–673 nm (red)
- Band 5: 851–879 nm (near-infrared)
- Band 6: 1566–1651 nm (short-wave infrared)
- Band 7: 2107–2294 nm (short-wave infrared)
100 m:- Band 10: 10600–11190 nm (thermal infrared)
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Limitation | Value |
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Input | AOI |
Availability | From 2013 |
Output | 185×180 km scene |
Title | Data product | Collection name |
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Level 2SP | Name: landsat-8-level-2sp ID: 0d6796c4-9e0b-44e8-bb8f-3d0bc9794382 | landsat-8 |