Earth Observation
LANDSAT 1 (ERTS 1)
NonoperationalEarth ObservationLEO
LANDSAT 1 (ERTS 1) is a United States earth observation satellite, launched on July 23, 1972 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 23, 1972 at 06:06 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Delta 0900 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Landsat 1
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 906 km
- Periapsis
- 896 km
- Inclination
- 99.34°
- Orbital period
- 103.02 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 808.72 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1972-058A
- NORAD catalog №
- 6126
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 2.6723 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational