Remote Sensing: LANDSAT 5

Created: 19 Nov 2024 Revised: 27 Mar 2025

Landsat 5 had a maximum transmission bandwidth of 85 Mbit/s. It was deployed at an altitude of 705.3 km (438.3 mi), and it took about 16 days to scan the entire Earth. The satellite was an identical copy of Landsat 4 and was originally intended as a backup. Therefore, Landsat 5 carried the same instruments, including the Thematic Mapper and Multi-Spectral Scanner. The Multi-Spectral Scanner was powered down in 1995, but reactivated again in 2012.

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About this record

Record No	mesac517
Topic	Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource	Dataset
Category Type	Earth Sciences Engineering Geochemistry Geology Geomatic Engineering Geophysics Physical Geography Remote Sensing
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Stratigraphy
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Notes
Language	English
Metadata Standard	ISO 19115-3

Citations

Use constraints	License
License	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Persistent identifier	https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/dataset/mesac517
Citation	Remote Sensing: LANDSAT 5 https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/dataset/mesac517

Technical information

Status	Completed
Maintenance and Update Frequency
Geographic Reference	GDA2020 (EPSG:7844)
Geo bounding box	{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[129,-38],[141,-38],[141,-26],[129,-26],[129,-38]]]}
Purpose	The Earth surface satellite multispectral images presented herein have been scanned along multiple, overlapping, 185 km wide swathes crossing the State, which are subdivided into sixty-two 170 km long 'scenes' that contain ~10% (on average)... The Earth surface satellite multispectral images presented herein have been scanned along multiple, overlapping, 185 km wide swathes crossing the State, which are subdivided into sixty-two 170 km long 'scenes' that contain ~10% (on average) progressive linear overlap with adjoining scenes in the same swathe. The lateral overlap between swathes scanned during successive orbits is approximately 26 km. The raw spectrum locational data for individual scenes has been spatially corrected by DEM for alignment with the local MGA map projection zones. More +
Lineage	Besides the imaged Landsat scenes for South Australia, a dataset metadata file, and a helpful literature excerpt from a published reference of 1999, giving background technical information about the Landsat Earth imaging programme, the subject... Besides the imaged Landsat scenes for South Australia, a dataset metadata file, and a helpful literature excerpt from a published reference of 1999, giving background technical information about the Landsat Earth imaging programme, the subject data package includes a location plot of the Landsat scenes referenced for South Australia, and the various WRS source locator plot GIS shapefiles. More +

Attribute details

Name	Definition
Image name	The name of the data acquisition
Sensor	The type of sensor platform used for the data acquisition: HyMap
FLT Date	The date in which the data acquisition took place
Source	The name of the company responsible for providing the data:HyVista
Cell size	Image resolution
No Bands	The number of spectral bands available
Products	The various processed image products available
Data Availability	Indicates delivery options on SARIG
Download package	URL to download package