2019 Joint Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation—Land remote sensing satellite compendium

Abstract

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Land Imaging Program (NLIP) has a responsibility to provide imagery for the Nation in support of science, land management, and other needs. The USGS NLIP operates the Landsat series of satellites, and actively manages 46 years of imagery from diverse sources as a continuous record of our changing planet. To understand the user needs for Earth observation, measurement, and monitoring, the Require- ments, Capabilities, and Analysis for Earth Observation (RCA-EO) Project has been established. One of the missions of the RCA-EO Project is to identify and catalog existing and planned capabilities for measuring and monitoring the Earth. The RCA-EO Project also supports the Joint Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation (JACIE) mission and developed this compendium as one of the USGS contributions to the JACIE effort. This publication was produced by the USGS NLIP RCA-EO Project Team (Gregory Stensaas, Project Manager) under the Observing Systems Branch (Jennifer Lacey, Branch Chief) at the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center.