PropertyValue
rdf:type
rdfs:label
  • Landsat 6
rdfs:comment
  • Landsat 6, equipped with upgraded versions of the instruments on its predecessor, was designed to carry forward the Landsat program. It was launched on October 5, 1993 using a Titan II launch vehicle, but failed to reach orbit. As a consequence, Landsat 4 and Landsat 5 were used well beyond their designed lifespan. Landsat 6 omitted the Multi-Spectral Scanner found on its predecessors, but carried an Enhanced Thematic Mapper, which improved on the previous Thematic Mapper by adding a 15m-resolution panchromatic band.
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COSPAR ID
  • LNDSAT6
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Power
  • 1259
Mission Duration
  • Failed to orbit
Name
  • Landsat 6
orbit period
  • 5934.0
orbit inclination
  • 98.300000
Operator
launch site
Mission Type
  • Earth imaging
apsis
  • gee
orbit regime
launch rocket
Launch date
  • 1993-10-05
orbit epoch
  • Planned
orbit reference
abstract
  • Landsat 6, equipped with upgraded versions of the instruments on its predecessor, was designed to carry forward the Landsat program. It was launched on October 5, 1993 using a Titan II launch vehicle, but failed to reach orbit. As a consequence, Landsat 4 and Landsat 5 were used well beyond their designed lifespan. Landsat 6 omitted the Multi-Spectral Scanner found on its predecessors, but carried an Enhanced Thematic Mapper, which improved on the previous Thematic Mapper by adding a 15m-resolution panchromatic band.