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Landsat 1-5 Multispectral Scanner Level-1, Collection 2

Published by U.S. Geological Survey | Department of the Interior | Catalog Last Checked: May 05, 2026 at 08:24 PM | Dataset Last Updated: January 09, 2026 at 12:00 AM
The Landsat Multispectral Scanner (MSS) sensor was onboard Landsat 1 through Landsat 5 and acquired images of the Earth nearly continuously from July 1972 to October 1992, and between June 2012 and January 2013. Landsats 1, 2 and 3 had an 18-day revisit cycle on the Worldwide Reference System-1. Landsats 4 and 5 maintained a 16-day revisit cycle, and followed the Worldwide Reference System-2. This dataset consists of Level-1 products processed from data acquired by these sensors between 1972 and 2013.

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