Titan II SLV | Landsat 6

Name: Titan II SLV | Landsat 6
Start: 1993-10-05T17:56:00Z
Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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.

Mission Details

Launch date: October 5, 1993 at 05:56 PM UTC
Launch vehicle: Titan II SLV
Operator: United States Air Force
Launch site: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission type: Earth Science