Landsat 6

Landsat 6
Mission typeEarth imaging
OperatorNASA / NOAA
COSPAR ID1993-F04[1]
Mission durationFailed to orbit
Spacecraft properties
ManufacturerMartin Marietta
Launch mass2,750 kilograms (6,060 lb)
Power1259 watts
Start of mission
Launch dateOctober 5, 1993 (1993-10-05)
RocketTitan II(23)G/Star-37XFP-ISS
Launch siteVandenberg AFB SLC-4W
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeSun-synchronous
Perigee altitude705 kilometres (438 mi)
Apogee altitude705 kilometres (438 mi)
Inclination98.3°
Period98.9 minutes
EpochPlanned

Landsat 6, equipped with upgraded versions of the instruments on Landsat 5, was designed to carry forward the Landsat program. It was launched on October 5, 1993, with a Titan II launch vehicle, but failed to reach orbit. Landsat 6 omitted the Multi-Spectral Scanner found on its predecessors, but carried an Enhanced Thematic Mapper, which improved on the previous Thematic Mapper by adding a 15m-resolution panchromatic band.[2]

  1. ^ "Landsat 6, 7". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  2. ^ "Landsat 6 History". landsat.usgs.gov. USGS. Archived from the original on 2017-09-18. Retrieved 1 September 2021.

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