Landsat 6 Mission
Launch Status
Failure
Date & Time
5 Oct 1993, 5:56pm
UTC
Location
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4W
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
Landsat 6
Mission Type
Earth Science
Destination
Low Earth Orbit
The Landsat 6 satellite was a commercial program jointly with the Department of Commerce (NOAA) and EOSAT Company that provided data for a wide range of Earth resources applications including environmental monitoring, natural resource exploration, urban planning, and cartography. The Landsat 6 satellite continued the series of operational Earth resource monitoring spacecraft begun with Landsat 1 in 1972.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:58pm UTC
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