What Happened
Landsat Navigation Landsat Home Missions Landsat Next Landsat 9 Landsat 8 Landsat 7 Landsat 6 Landsat 5 Landsat 4 Landsat 3 Landsat 2 Landsat 1 News Latest News People of Landsat Q&As Newsletter Publications Data Overview Cal/Val Open Data Benefits Overview Agriculture & Food Security Disaster Management Ecosystems & Biodiversity Energy Resources Forest Management Human Health Urban Development Water Resources Wildfires Case Studies Outreach Multimedia About Search The Landsat 7 Science Team at the launch of the Landsat 7 satellite, April 15, 1999. In the more than five decades of the Landsat program, there have been many visionaries who have changed the course of remote sensing history.
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Why It Matters
One such figure is Alexander Goetz, a physicist and planetary scientist who pioneered imaging spectrometry from space.
Key Details
- Goetz was part of the Landsat Program from the very beginning, working as a principal investigator for Landsats 1 and 2.
- Years later, he returned to the program as a member of the first formal Landsat Science Team on Landsat 7.
- This diverse group of researchers, technologists, and calibration and applications specialists helped advance Landsat science goals, refined algorithms, and supported on-the-ground calibration.
- Crucially, the team advised on the creation of the long-term acquisition plan (LTAP), which ensured consistent global, seasonal coverage of Landsat data.
Background Context
Landsat Navigation Landsat Home Missions Landsat Next Landsat 9 Landsat 8 Landsat 7 Landsat 6 Landsat 5 Landsat 4 Landsat 3 Landsat 2 Landsat 1 News Latest News People of Landsat Q&As Newsletter Publications Data Overview Cal/Val Open Data Benefits Overview Agriculture & Food Security Disaster Management Ecosystems & Biodiversity Energy Resources Forest Management Human Health Urban Development Water Resources Wildfires Case Studies Outreach Multimedia About Search The Landsat 7 Science Team at the launch of the Landsat 7 satellite, April 15, 1999. In the more than five decades of the Landsat program, there have been many visionaries who have changed the course of remote sens
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