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Mission type | Earth imaging |
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Operator | NASA / NOAA |
COSPAR ID | 1993-F04[1] |
Mission duration | Failed to orbit |
Spacecraft properties | |
Manufacturer | Martin Marietta |
Launch mass | 2,750 kilograms (6,060 lb) |
Power | 1259 watts |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | October 5, 1993 |
Rocket | Titan II(23)G/Star-37XFP-ISS |
Launch site | Vandenberg AFB SLC-4W |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Sun-synchronous |
Perigee altitude | 705 kilometres (438 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 705 kilometres (438 mi) |
Inclination | 98.3° |
Period | 98.9 minutes |
Epoch | Planned |
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]