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Landsat 1

1970–1985: Solar-System Firsts and Scientific Reach

Landsat 1

First civilian Earth-resources satellite.

Era 2 of 6 · full record in the catalog

Launch
23 Jul 1972
Lead / partner
United States
Target
Earth orbit
Category
Earth observation
Status
Success
Vehicle
Delta 900
Mass
unknown
Orbit / trajectory
Geocentric

Why it happened

Landsat 1 flew during 1970–1985: Solar-System Firsts and Scientific Reach, as part of United States's work toward earth orbit. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.

The mission

The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: First civilian Earth-resources satellite.

Results

First civilian Earth-resources satellite.

Related missions

Landsat 1 Copernicus (OAO-3) — same_target Copernicus Salyut 1 — same_target Salyut 1 Skylab — same_target Skylab Uhuru — same_target Uhuru

Salyut 1

Partial success

Soviet Union · 1971

Skylab

Success

United States · 1973

Uhuru

Success

United States / Italy · 1970

Sources & image credits

  • none (Landsat), via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-24)
  • Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
  • Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog