LANDSAT 7 is a remote sensing spacecraft operated for
the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Built for NASA, it was
launched APRIL 15, 1999. Landsat 7 is the seventh spacecraft in the Landsat
series and is dedicated to capturing images of the changing Earth for use in
many fields of study and application. Landsat 7 is continually adding to a database
containing images of every piece of land on the planet. USGS is responsible for
Landsat 7 operations, data processing, archive and distribution. In addition to
the U.S. archive of global images, many countries have agreements with USGS to
receive data from the Landsat 7 spacecraft directly.
Prior to launch, we were responsible for learning the satellite and ground system
designs and making sure all necessary command procedures and telemetry
displays were generated. We also executed tests in order to check out the
operability of the ground system and certain operational characteristics of the satellite, as well as further our own
training. The Flight Operations Team (FOT) is
responsible for all command control and telemetry operations with the satellite.
In addition, we provide offline engineering support, anomaly response,
performance analysis for the satellite, orbit determination and maintenance, and planning and scheduling of system
(spacecraft and ground) resources.
This page was last updated
on May 5, 2003. Please e-mail comments to Tom Cooke at
thomas.cooke@gsfc.nasa.gov
