Landsat sensors: push broom vs whisk broom: Landsat 7

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Landsat sensors: push broom vs whisk broom: Landsat 7
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2017-10-31 - images.nasa.gov

Summary

Landsat collects images in long narrow strips called “swaths.” Each swath is 185 kilometers (115 miles) wide and is 2,752 kilometers (1,710 miles) from the next adjacent swath taken that day. It takes 16 days for the swaths to overlap enough to image the whole Earth. Previous Landsat sensors swept b

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  • Source collection: NASA
  • License: Public Domain (US Government)
  • Category: Space

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