Launch Of The First Landsat Satellite | Estateplanning

The launch of the first Landsat satellite on July 23, 1972, marked the beginning of a revolutionary era in Earth surface monitoring. As a joint program between [[nasa|NASA]] and the [[usgs|United States Geological Survey (USGS)]], the Landsat program has been acquiring satellite imagery of Earth for over four decades. The program has significantly contributed to global change research, agriculture, cartography, geology, forestry, and education. With the most recent launch of [[landsat-9|Landsat 9]] on September 27, 2021, the Landsat program continues to provide invaluable data for understanding our planet.