Landsat 5 delivered Earth imaging data for nearly 29 years— setting a Guinness World Record for 'Longest Operating Earth Observation Satellite,' before being decommissioned on June 5, 2013.

Landsat 5 was a low Earth orbit satellite launched on March 1, 1984, to collect imagery of the surface of Earth. A continuation of the Landsat Program, Landsat 5 was jointly managed by …

Outliving its three-year design life, Landsat 5 delivered high-quality, global data of Earth’s land surface for 28 years and 10 months, officially setting a new Guinness World Records title for …

May 17, 2022 · Landsat 5 remains the only Earth-observing satellite with a Guinness World Record , holding the title for "Longest Operating Earth Observation Satellite" after servicing our …

May 24, 2014 · A joint mission or NASA and the United States Geological Survey (USGS), Landsat-5 provided multispectral images of Earth. Landsat-5 is the current record holder as …

Dec 2, 2024 · Using observations from Landsat 5 through Landsat 8, scientists determined that the area of vegetated land on the Antarctic Peninsula grew from 0.86 to 11.95 square …

Dec 15, 2021 · Since 1984, Landsat 5 has gathered more than 700,000 images and observed climate change, agricultural practices, development and urbanization of cities, ecosystem …

The World's Longest Operating Earth Observation Satellite

Launched in 1984 and retired in 2013, Landsat 5 recorded many important events, including scientific discoveries, world events, and major disasters. Landsat 5 helped document …

Landsat 5 was decommissioned on June 5, 2013, having orbited the Earth more than 150,000 times and collected more than 2.5 million images of its surface. Visit the full Landsat 5 page on …