The present work describes the ERTS 1 spacecraft and data collection system and reviews the operation of the system since the satellite was launched in July, 1972. Perhaps the most significant result of the ERTS 1 mission is the realization that features related to land resources or to environmental processes can be mapped synoptically for very large areas on scales up to 1:250,000 without substantial loss of definition. Examples of color composite images obtained by ERTS 1 are shown.


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    Title :

    The first earth resources technology satellite /ERTS 1/


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    Conference:

    Symposium on Approaches to earth survey problems through use of space techniques ; 1973 ; Konstanz, Germany


    Publication date :

    1974-01-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


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