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Landsat 7

Launched on April 15, 1999, Landsat 7 continued the legacy of the program by providing consistent, systematic data of Earth that proved invaluable to scientific research and innovation, environmental monitoring, and global change analysis. It was decommissioned on June 4, 2025.

Launch Date
March 1999
Class
Flight Project
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Launched on April 15, 1999, Landsat 7 continued the legacy of the program by providing consistent, systematic data of Earth that proved invaluable to scientific research and innovation, environmental monitoring, and global change analysis. It was decommissioned on June 4, 2025.

Related Publications

2026. "Northward shift of boreal tree cover confirmed by satellite record.", Biogeosciences, [https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-23-1089-2026] [Journal Article/Letter]

2025. "Global 30-m annual median vegetation height maps (2000–2022) based on ICESat-2 data and Machine Learning.", Scientific Data, 12 (1): 1470 [10.1038/s41597-025-05739-6] [Journal Article/Letter]

2025. "Russian forests show strong potential for young forest growth.", Communications Earth & Environment, 6 (1): 71 [10.1038/s43247-025-02006-9] [Journal Article/Letter]

2016. "Ice loss processes in the Seal Nunataks ice shelf region from satellite altimetry and imagery.", Annals of Glaciology, 57 (73): 94-104 [10.1017/aog.2016.29] [Journal Article/Letter]

2018. "Toward Long-Term Aquatic Science Products from Heritage Landsat Missions.", Remote Sensing, 10 (9): 1337 [10.3390/rs10091337] [Journal Article/Letter]