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Earth Observing-1 Extended Mission

Fact Sheet 2005-3060
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https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20053060

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Abstract

Since November 2000, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) mission has demonstrated the capabilities of a dozen spacecraft sensor and communication innovations. Onboard the EO-1 spacecraft are two land remote sensing instruments. The Advanced Land Imager (ALI) acquires data in spectral bands and at resolutions similar to Landsat. The Hyperion instrument, which is the first civilian spaceborne hyperspectral imager, acquires data in 220 10-nanometer bands covering the visible, near, and shortwave-infrared bands. The initial one-year technology demonstration phase of the mission included a detailed comparison of ALI with the Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) instrument. Specifications for the Operational Land Imager (OLI), the planned successor to ETM+, were formulated in part from performance characteristics of ALI. Recognizing the remarkable performance of the satellite's instruments and the exceptional value of the data, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and NASA agreed in December 2001 to share responsibility for operating EO-1. The extended mission continues, on a cost-reimbursable basis, as long as customer sales fully recover flight and ground operations costs. As of May 2005, more than 17,800 scenes from each instrument have been acquired, indexed, archived, and made available to the public.

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Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Earth Observing-1 Extended Mission: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2005-3060, 2 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20053060.

ISSN: 2327-6932 (online)

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Earth Observing-1 Extended Mission
Series title Fact Sheet
Series number 2005-3060
DOI 10.3133/fs20053060
Year Published 2005
Language ENGLISH
Publisher Geological Survey (U.S.)
Contributing office(s) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center
Description 2 p.
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