Status of the ESA-Earthnet LANDSAT-4 TM ground processing chain

The European program of the European Space Agency received a mandate to upgrade the two existing LANDSAT stations operating in Europe, Kiruna in Sweden and Fucino in Italy, to acquire and process TM data. The salient features of the TM systems are summarized, and the preliminary results of the accep...

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Main Author: Fusco, L.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 1984
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Online Access:http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19840022322
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Summary:The European program of the European Space Agency received a mandate to upgrade the two existing LANDSAT stations operating in Europe, Kiruna in Sweden and Fucino in Italy, to acquire and process TM data. The salient features of the TM systems are summarized, and the preliminary results of the acceptance tests being carried out using the TM passes acquired in Fucino are reviewed before the X band downlink anomaly of LANDSAT-4.