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NASA launched the Earth Resources Technology Satellite (Landsat 1) to monitor oceans, agriculture, and natural disasters from orbit.

Jan 1, 1972

19966d ago

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Originally named the Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) and launched in 1972
Equipped with a camera and multi-spectral scanner
Developed in partnership with USGS, ONR, and USDA following early astronaut Earth observations

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